German interjection · CEFR A1
Nein
Meaning in English: no
This is a form of nein, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Nein, danke, ich bin satt.
No, thanks, I'm full.
How common is Nein?
Nein is number 1,778 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 52 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. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,774gesuchtsearched, looked for; wanted
- 1,775vorgehento proceed, to act; to go ahead
- 1,776Angehörigenrelatives, family members
- 1,777geschriebenwritten
- 1,778Neinno
- 1,779Anlagenfacilities, systems, attachments
- 1,780schlechtbad, badly
- 1,781der Ministerpräsident(state) premier, prime minister
- 1,782letztlichultimately, in the end
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