German adverb · CEFR C1
lediglich
Meaning in English: merely, only
Example
Es fehlt lediglich noch eine Unterschrift.
All that's missing is one signature.
How common is lediglich?
lediglich is number 785 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 114 times per million words — about once every 8,800 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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
- 781teilteshared, divided
- 782die Qualitätquality
- 783die Verantwortungresponsibility
- 784dürftewould probably; might be allowed
- 785lediglichmerely, only
- 786der Titeltitle
- 787die Kraftstrength, power, force
- 788müssemust (reported speech)
- 789die Bevölkerungpopulation
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