German adverb · CEFR B1
je
Meaning in English: ever; each; je … desto
Example
Je früher wir losfahren, desto besser.
The earlier we set off, the better.
How common is je?
je is number 309 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 278 times per million words — about once every 3,600 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 54% 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
- 305jayes; (emphasis) after all
- 306der SeptemberSeptember
- 307insbesonderein particular, especially
- 308nichtsnothing
- 309jeever; each; je … desto
- 310die Artkind, type; manner
- 311gemachtmade, done
- 312der Einsatzuse, deployment; effort
- 313würdewould
In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#309
- The 1,000 most common German words#309
- The 5,000 most common German words#309
- German B1 vocabulary#46
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