maximal
Meaning in English: at most, maximum
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Im Aufzug dürfen maximal sechs Personen fahren.
A maximum of six people may use the lift.
Forms of maximal in the top 5,000
These forms of maximal are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Die maximale Geschwindigkeit liegt bei 120.
The maximum speed is 120.
How common is maximal?
maximal is number 1,341 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. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,337begonnenbegun, started
- 1,338bauento build
- 1,339Parteienparties (political)
- 1,340Kompetenzenskills, competences
- 1,341maximalat most, maximum
- 1,342die Bewerbungapplication (job)
- 1,343gefragtasked; in demand
- 1,344engnarrow, tight, close
- 1,345der Serviceservice
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