German adverb · CEFR B1
eventuell
Meaning in English: possibly, perhaps
False friend: eventuell is not “eventually”. It means possibly, maybe. “Eventually” is schließlich or irgendwann. More false friends.
Example
Ich komme eventuell etwas später.
I might be a bit late.
How common is eventuell?
eventuell is number 2,980 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 29 times per million words — about once every 34,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,976schautlooks, watches
- 2,977der Traumdream
- 2,978erkanntrecognised, realised
- 2,979relevantenrelevant
- 2,980eventuellpossibly, perhaps
- 2,981die Rentepension, retirement
- 2,982erzielento achieve, to score
- 2,983engercloser, narrower, tighter
- 2,984die Einheitunit, unity
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