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German adverb · CEFR B1

hauptsächlich

Meaning in English: mainly, mostly

Rank 2,921 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Example

Im Urlaub haben wir hauptsächlich gelesen.

On holiday we mainly read.

How common is hauptsächlich?

hauptsächlich is number 2,921 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 30 times per million words — about once every 33,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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. 2,917JapanJapan
  2. 2,918umgehendimmediately, promptly
  3. 2,919die Zielgruppetarget group, audience
  4. 2,920HerrnMr, gentleman (acc./dat./gen.)
  5. 2,921hauptsächlichmainly, mostly
  6. 2,922bereitetprepares, causes
  7. 2,923geringlow, small, slight
  8. 2,924mobilenmobile
  9. 2,925JudenJews

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