German particle · CEFR A2
halt
Meaning in English: just, simply (it's like that)
Example
Das ist halt so, da kann man nichts machen.
That's just how it is, nothing you can do.
How common is halt?
halt is number 2,555 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 35 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,551verfolgenfollow, pursue, track
- 2,552der Einstiegentry, start; boarding
- 2,553der Bundeskanzlerfederal chancellor
- 2,554rundenround
- 2,555haltjust, simply (it's like that)
- 2,556Standortenlocations, sites (dative plural)
- 2,557der Schlüsselkey
- 2,558schwierigendifficult
- 2,559die Auskunftinformation
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