German preposition · CEFR A1
in
Meaning in English: in, into
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Wir wohnen seit zwei Jahren in einer kleinen Wohnung.
We have been living in a small flat for two years.
How common is in?
in is number 4 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19,623 times per million words — about once every 51 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 12% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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