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German preposition · CEFR B1

per

Meaning in English: by, via

Rank 318 of 5,000prepositionLevel B1
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Ich schicke dir die Fotos per E-Mail.

I'll send you the photos by email.

How common is per?

per is number 318 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 272 times per million words — about once every 3,700 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 54% 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

  1. 314lässtlets; leaves; has (done)
  2. 315Wochenweeks
  3. 316wärewould be
  4. 317genauexact; exactly
  5. 318perby, via
  6. 319das Projektproject
  7. 320hinausout; beyond (darüber hinaus)
  8. 321stelltputs, places; asks (a question)
  9. 322zunächstfirst, at first

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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.