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German pronoun · CEFR A1

etwas

Meaning in English: something; a little

Rank 170 of 5,000pronounLevel A1
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Möchtest du etwas trinken?

Would you like something to drink?

How common is etwas?

etwas is number 170 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 519 times per million words — about once every 1,900 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 49% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 166Informationeninformation
  2. 167wordenbeen (passive participle)
  3. 168die Stadttown, city
  4. 169stehento stand; to be (written)
  5. 170etwassomething; a little
  6. 171kommtcomes
  7. 172sollteshould, ought to; was to
  8. 173jedochhowever
  9. 174zudemmoreover, in addition

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