German adverb · CEFR A2
niemals
Meaning in English: never
Example
Das würde ich niemals tun!
I would never do that!
How common is niemals?
niemals is number 3,470 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 41,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,466morgensin the morning(s)
- 3,467Toolstools (software)
- 3,468der Statusstatus
- 3,469Besucherinnen(female) visitors
- 3,470niemalsnever
- 3,471Museenmuseums
- 3,472blicktlooks, glances
- 3,473zeitweiseat times, temporarily
- 3,474abseitsaway from, off
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