German adverb · CEFR A2
plötzlich
Meaning in English: suddenly
Example
Plötzlich ging das Licht aus.
Suddenly the light went out.
How common is plötzlich?
plötzlich is number 1,311 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 70 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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
- 1,307bestimmtcertainly, surely; certain
- 1,308gespeichertsaved, stored
- 1,309die Linieline, route
- 1,310der Schadendamage, harm
- 1,311plötzlichsuddenly
- 1,312nahenear, close
- 1,313die Weiterbildungfurther training
- 1,314vermeidento avoid
- 1,315der Sprecherspokesman, speaker
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