German adverb · CEFR B2
grundsätzlich
Meaning in English: basically, in principle
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Grundsätzlich habe ich nichts dagegen.
In principle I have nothing against it.
How common is grundsätzlich?
grundsätzlich is number 588 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 150 times per million words — about once every 6,700 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 60% 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
- 584Problemeproblems
- 585verletztinjured, hurt
- 586zufolgeaccording to
- 587das Bildpicture, image
- 588grundsätzlichbasically, in principle
- 589Jugendlicheyoung people, teenagers
- 590einigensome, a few (dative)
- 591genutztused
- 592mittlerweilemeanwhile, by now
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