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German adverb · CEFR B2

hingegen

Meaning in English: however, on the other hand

Rank 982 of 5,000adverbLevel B2
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Example

Mein Bruder mag Kaffee, ich hingegen trinke lieber Tee.

My brother likes coffee; I, on the other hand, prefer tea.

How common is hingegen?

hingegen is number 982 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 92 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 978der Täterperpetrator, offender
  2. 979das Mitgliedmember
  3. 980gebegive (ich); gives (reported speech)
  4. 981politischepolitical
  5. 982hingegenhowever, on the other hand
  6. 983zugleichat the same time, simultaneously
  7. 984Dingethings
  8. 985herausout (of)
  9. 986hinzuin addition, to it

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