German preposition · CEFR A2
gegenüber
Meaning in English: opposite; towards
Example
Die Apotheke ist gegenüber der Kirche.
The pharmacy is opposite the church.
How common is gegenüber?
gegenüber is number 391 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 227 times per million words — about once every 4,400 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
- 387sichersafe; sure, certainly
- 388weniglittle, not much
- 389würdenwould (we/they)
- 390das Angebotoffer; range; special offer
- 391gegenüberopposite; towards
- 392die Ausbildungtraining, apprenticeship; education
- 393gewesenbeen
- 394starkstrong; heavy
- 395die Hochschuleuniversity, college
In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#391
- The 1,000 most common German words#391
- The 5,000 most common German words#391
- German A2 vocabulary#92
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