German pronoun · CEFR A1

ich

Meaning in English: I

Rank 54 of 5,000pronounLevel A13 forms in the list
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Example

Morgen habe ich endlich frei.

Tomorrow I finally have the day off.

Forms of ich in the top 5,000

These forms of ich are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

mich#207
me; myselfA1

Kannst du mich morgen anrufen?
Can you call me tomorrow?

mir#258
me, to me (dative)A1

Kannst du mir bitte helfen?
Can you help me, please?

How common is ich?

ich is number 54 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 2,143 times per million words — about once every 470 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 38% 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. 50nochstill, yet; more, another
  2. 51durchthrough; by (means of)
  3. 52kanncan (I/he/she/it)
  4. 53nuronly, just
  5. 54ichI
  6. 55bisuntil, till; by
  7. 56mehrmore
  8. 57warwas
  9. 58diesethis, these

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