German adverb · CEFR A2
extra
Meaning in English: extra, specially, separately
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Ich habe den Kuchen extra für dich gebacken.
I baked the cake specially for you.
How common is extra?
extra is number 3,280 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 38,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,276traditionelltraditional(ly)
- 3,277erlernento learn, to acquire
- 3,278quasimore or less, virtually
- 3,279der IranIran
- 3,280extraextra, specially, separately
- 3,281großemlarge, great (dative)
- 3,282abgestimmtvoted; coordinated
- 3,283Monatsof the month (genitive)
- 3,284engagiertecommitted, dedicated
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.