German adverb · CEFR A1

heute

Meaning in English: today

Rank 159 of 5,000adverbLevel A1
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Example

Heute koche ich für alle.

Today I'm cooking for everyone.

How common is heute?

heute is number 159 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 545 times per million words — about once every 1,800 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 48% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 155sollenshould, to be supposed to
  2. 156währendduring; while
  3. 157sondernbut (rather)
  4. 158lebento live, to be alive
  5. 159heutetoday
  6. 160allemall (dative); vor allem = above all
  7. 161deutschenGerman
  8. 162lassento let, to leave; to have done
  9. 163möglichpossible

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