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German preposition · CEFR A1

für

Meaning in English: for

Rank 8 of 5,000prepositionLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Das Geschenk ist für meine Schwester.

The present is for my sister.

Forms of für in the top 5,000

These forms of für are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

fürs#1,874
for the (für das)A2

Hast du schon Pläne fürs Wochenende?
Do you have plans for the weekend yet?

How common is für?

für is number 8 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 10,534 times per million words — about once every 95 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 17% 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. 4inin, into
  2. 5dasthe (neuter); that
  3. 6denthe (accusative masc., dative pl.)
  4. 7mitwith
  5. 8fürfor
  6. 9zuto; too; closed
  7. 10vonfrom, of, by
  8. 11imin the (in + dem)
  9. 12istis

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