German adverb · CEFR C1
nahezu
Meaning in English: almost, nearly
Example
Der Saal war nahezu leer.
The hall was almost empty.
How common is nahezu?
nahezu is number 1,784 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 51 times per million words — about once every 19,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,780schlechtbad, badly
- 1,781der Ministerpräsident(state) premier, prime minister
- 1,782letztlichultimately, in the end
- 1,783vorneat the front, ahead
- 1,784nahezualmost, nearly
- 1,785betreutlooked after, supervised
- 1,786das Gesichtface
- 1,787linkenleft; left-wing
- 1,788Infosinfo, information
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