german5000
My words Take the test
German adverb · CEFR A1

genau

Meaning in English: exact; exactly

Rank 317 of 5,000adverbLevel A14 forms in the list
Learn this word

Add genau and its 3 forms to your reviews. Progress stays in this browser.

Test my vocabulary

Example

Genau, das habe ich auch gemeint.

Exactly, that's what I meant too.

Forms of genau in the top 5,000

These forms of genau are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

genauer#2,642
more exactly, closerB1

Kannst du das bitte genauer erklären?
Can you explain that more precisely, please?

genaue#2,941
exact, preciseA2

Kennst du die genaue Adresse?
Do you know the exact address?

genauen#3,964
exact, preciseB1

Kennst du die genauen Öffnungszeiten?
Do you know the exact opening hours?

How common is genau?

genau is number 317 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 273 times per million words — about once every 3,700 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 54% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 313würdewould
  2. 314lässtlets; leaves; has (done)
  3. 315Wochenweeks
  4. 316wärewould be
  5. 317genauexact; exactly
  6. 318perby, via
  7. 319das Projektproject
  8. 320hinausout; beyond (darüber hinaus)
  9. 321stelltputs, places; asks (a question)

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.