German adverb · CEFR B1
meist
Meaning in English: mostly, usually
Example
Morgens trinke ich meist nur Kaffee.
In the morning I usually just have coffee.
How common is meist?
meist is number 641 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 139 times per million words — about once every 7,200 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 60% 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
- 637gewordenbecome (past participle)
- 638die Grundlagebasis, foundation
- 639suchenlook for, search
- 640Jugendlichenyoung people, teenagers
- 641meistmostly, usually
- 642spieltplays
- 643das Verfahrenprocedure, process; proceedings
- 644die Regierunggovernment
- 645RusslandRussia
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#641
- The 5,000 most common German words#641
- German B1 vocabulary#149
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