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German adverb · CEFR B1

höchstens

Meaning in English: at most, at the most

Rank 3,741 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Example

Ich bleibe höchstens eine Stunde.

I'll stay an hour at most.

How common is höchstens?

höchstens is number 3,741 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 44,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,737das Gefängnisprison
  2. 3,738Angeklagtendefendant(s) (oblique case, plural)
  3. 3,739das Kilogrammkilogram
  4. 3,740Flammenflames
  5. 3,741höchstensat most, at the most
  6. 3,742beauftragtcommissioned, hired, instructed
  7. 3,743Richtlinienguidelines
  8. 3,744die Wärmewarmth, heat
  9. 3,745das Messerknife

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