German adjective · CEFR A1
leid
Meaning in English: sorry (in "es tut mir leid")
Example
Es tut mir wirklich leid!
I'm really sorry!
How common is leid?
leid is number 4,173 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. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,169der Transfertransfer
- 4,170übrigleft (over), remaining
- 4,171die Wahrscheinlichkeitprobability, likelihood
- 4,172der Mangellack, shortage, defect
- 4,173leidsorry (in "es tut mir leid")
- 4,174ambulantenoutpatient
- 4,175warntewarned
- 4,176gewähltenelected, chosen
- 4,177das Volkpeople, nation
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