German adverb · CEFR C1
jüngst
Meaning in English: recently
Example
Erst jüngst hat sie eine neue Stelle angetreten.
She only recently started a new job.
How common is jüngst?
jüngst is number 4,180 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 51,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,176gewähltenelected, chosen
- 4,177das Volkpeople, nation
- 4,178jüngereyounger
- 4,179vergleichento compare
- 4,180jüngstrecently
- 4,181vielfachmany times, often
- 4,182gestohlenstolen
- 4,183die Berechnungcalculation
- 4,184Auszubildendetrainees, apprentices
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