German adverb · CEFR B2
längst
Meaning in English: long ago, long since
Example
Das weiß ich doch längst!
I've known that for ages!
How common is längst?
längst is number 1,349 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 68 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,345der Serviceservice
- 1,346entstandenarisen, created
- 1,347erlaubtallowed, permitted
- 1,348die Wirkungeffect
- 1,349längstlong ago, long since
- 1,350wirktworks, seems
- 1,351Ermittlungeninvestigations
- 1,352Nachrichtennews, messages
- 1,353die Bandband (music), volume
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