German adverb · CEFR A2
hoffentlich
Meaning in English: hopefully
Example
Hoffentlich regnet es morgen nicht.
Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow.
How common is hoffentlich?
hoffentlich is number 4,613 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 57,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,609eigenständigindependent, on one's own
- 4,610öffentlicherpublic
- 4,611zugunstenin favour of, for the benefit of
- 4,612die Öffnungopening
- 4,613hoffentlichhopefully
- 4,614Clubsclubs
- 4,615körperlichenphysical
- 4,616der Schattenshade, shadow
- 4,617das Berufslebenworking life, career
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