German pronoun · CEFR A2
niemand
Meaning in English: nobody, no one
Example
Warum ruft mich niemand zurück?
Why does nobody call me back?
How common is niemand?
niemand is number 1,103 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 82 times per million words — about once every 12,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% 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
- 1,099der Berichtreport
- 1,100der Auftragorder, assignment, task
- 1,101ließlet, left, had (done)
- 1,102die SchweizSwitzerland
- 1,103niemandnobody, no one
- 1,104schreibtwrites
- 1,105der Vaterfather
- 1,106die Bühnestage
- 1,107legento lay, to put
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