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German adverb · CEFR B2

gegenseitig

Meaning in English: mutual(ly), each other

Rank 3,354 of 5,000adverbLevel B2
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Example

Die Nachbarn helfen sich gegenseitig.

The neighbours help each other.

How common is gegenseitig?

gegenseitig is number 3,354 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,350vergangenepast, last
  2. 3,351Gesetzelaws
  3. 3,352wirtschaftlicheconomic(ally)
  4. 3,353Stationenstations, stops; stages
  5. 3,354gegenseitigmutual(ly), each other
  6. 3,355angemeldetregistered, signed up
  7. 3,356antretento start (a job), to compete, to line up
  8. 3,357langjährigelong-standing, long-time
  9. 3,358veröffentlichtenpublished (past tense, plural)

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