german5000
My words Take the test
German conjunction · CEFR B1

falls

Meaning in English: in case, if

Rank 997 of 5,000conjunctionLevel B1
Learn this word

Add falls to your reviews. Progress stays in this browser.

Test my vocabulary

Example

Nimm einen Schirm mit, falls es regnet.

Take an umbrella in case it rains.

How common is falls?

falls is number 997 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 90 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% 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

  1. 993unseresof our (genitive)
  2. 994das Gerichtcourt, dish
  3. 995Tippstips
  4. 996grünegreen
  5. 997fallsin case, if
  6. 998das Mittelmeans, remedy, funds
  7. 999hierbeiin doing so, here
  8. 1,000unterschiedlichedifferent, various
  9. 1,001der Hintergrundbackground

In these word lists

Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.