German adverb · CEFR A2
her
Meaning in English: here (towards), ago
Example
Das ist schon lange her.
That was a long time ago.
How common is her?
her is number 1,151 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 78 times per million words — about once every 13,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% 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
- 1,147die Firmacompany, firm
- 1,148öffentlichepublic
- 1,149die Plattformplatform
- 1,150Lehrkräfteteachers
- 1,151herhere (towards), ago
- 1,152präsentiertpresented
- 1,153das Amtoffice, authority, post
- 1,154der Bezugreference, relation, cover
- 1,155das Fahrzeugvehicle
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