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German adverb · CEFR C1

gegebenenfalls

Meaning in English: if necessary, where applicable

Rank 2,481 of 5,000adverbLevel C1
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Example

Gegebenenfalls rufen wir Sie noch einmal an.

If necessary, we'll call you again.

How common is gegebenenfalls?

gegebenenfalls is number 2,481 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,477investiereninvest
  2. 2,478erheblichconsiderable, considerably
  3. 2,479gerechtfair, just
  4. 2,480ließenlet, left, had done (past, pl.)
  5. 2,481gegebenenfallsif necessary, where applicable
  6. 2,482das Viertelquarter; neighbourhood
  7. 2,483die Eröffnungopening
  8. 2,484der Eintrittadmission, entry
  9. 2,485tausendethousands (of)

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