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German adverb · CEFR A2

meistens

Meaning in English: mostly, usually

Rank 2,719 of 5,000adverbLevel A2
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Meistens fahre ich mit dem Rad zur Arbeit.

I usually cycle to work.

How common is meistens?

meistens is number 2,719 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 33 times per million words — about once every 30,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,715die Fluchtescape, flight
  2. 2,716stammencome from, originate
  3. 2,717teurermore expensive
  4. 2,718das Dorfvillage
  5. 2,719meistensmostly, usually
  6. 2,720einstellenhire; adjust, set; stop
  7. 2,721betreibenrun, operate; do (a sport)
  8. 2,722leichtelight, easy
  9. 2,723beschriebendescribed

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