German adverb · CEFR B2
letztlich
Meaning in English: ultimately, in the end
Example
Letztlich musst du das selbst entscheiden.
Ultimately you have to decide for yourself.
How common is letztlich?
letztlich is number 1,782 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 52 times per million words — about once every 19,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% 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
- 1,778Neinno
- 1,779Anlagenfacilities, systems, attachments
- 1,780schlechtbad, badly
- 1,781der Ministerpräsident(state) premier, prime minister
- 1,782letztlichultimately, in the end
- 1,783vorneat the front, ahead
- 1,784nahezualmost, nearly
- 1,785betreutlooked after, supervised
- 1,786das Gesichtface
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