German particle · CEFR A2
gar
Meaning in English: at all (gar nicht); even
Example
Das ist gar nicht so schwer.
That's not so hard at all.
How common is gar?
gar is number 405 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 219 times per million words — about once every 4,600 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 56% 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
- 401eigentlichactually, really
- 402mindestensat least
- 403der MaiMay
- 404helfento help
- 405garat all (gar nicht); even
- 406bestenbest
- 407rechtright; quite, rather
- 408jedenevery (acc. masc.)
- 409ihresher, their (genitive)
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