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German adverb · CEFR B1

kürzlich

Meaning in English: recently

Rank 1,811 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Example

Ich habe sie kürzlich im Supermarkt getroffen.

I ran into her at the supermarket recently.

How common is kürzlich?

kürzlich is number 1,811 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 51 times per million words — about once every 20,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% 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. 1,807ItalienItaly
  2. 1,808verstärktincreasingly; reinforced
  3. 1,809hervorforth, out (verb particle)
  4. 1,810der Südensouth
  5. 1,811kürzlichrecently
  6. 1,812endetends
  7. 1,813die Fahrtjourney, trip, ride
  8. 1,814die Weiterentwicklungfurther development
  9. 1,815staatlichenstate, public, governmental

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