German number · CEFR A1
fünf
Meaning in English: five
Example
Der Bus kommt in fünf Minuten.
The bus is coming in five minutes.
How common is fünf?
fünf is number 266 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 324 times per million words — about once every 3,100 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 53% 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
- 262ihmhim, to him; it (dative)
- 263sogareven
- 264bitteplease; you're welcome
- 265jederevery, each; everyone
- 266fünffive
- 267Personenpersons, people
- 268ebenfallslikewise, also
- 269die Entwicklungdevelopment
- 270die Möglichkeitpossibility, opportunity
In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#266
- The 1,000 most common German words#266
- The 5,000 most common German words#266
- German A1 vocabulary#165
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