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German adverb · CEFR B1

inzwischen

Meaning in English: meanwhile, by now

Rank 604 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Example

Inzwischen ist das Essen kalt geworden.

The food has gone cold in the meantime.

How common is inzwischen?

inzwischen is number 604 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 147 times per million words — about once every 6,800 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 60% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 600sozialensocial
  2. 601Veranstaltungenevents
  3. 602hohehigh
  4. 603siebenseven
  5. 604inzwischenmeanwhile, by now
  6. 605die Wahlchoice; election
  7. 606der Vereinclub, association
  8. 607berichtetreported; reports
  9. 608die Veranstaltungevent

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