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German adverb · CEFR B1

mindestens

Meaning in English: at least

Rank 402 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Du solltest mindestens acht Stunden schlafen.

You should sleep at least eight hours.

How common is mindestens?

mindestens is number 402 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 222 times per million words — about once every 4,500 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 56% 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. 398gehörtbelongs; heard
  2. 399die Regionregion
  3. 400zuletztlast, most recently; finally
  4. 401eigentlichactually, really
  5. 402mindestensat least
  6. 403der MaiMay
  7. 404helfento help
  8. 405garat all (gar nicht); even
  9. 406bestenbest

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