German adverb · CEFR B1
momentan
Meaning in English: at the moment, currently
Example
Momentan habe ich leider keine Zeit.
Unfortunately I don't have time at the moment.
How common is momentan?
momentan is number 2,511 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,507die Reaktionreaction
- 2,508gewährleistetguaranteed, ensured
- 2,509freiwilligevoluntary, volunteer
- 2,510offiziellenofficial
- 2,511momentanat the moment, currently
- 2,512die Einschätzungassessment, estimate
- 2,513beobachtenobserve, watch
- 2,514Bildernpictures (dative plural)
- 2,515pädagogischeneducational, pedagogical
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