German adverb · CEFR A2
raus
Meaning in English: out (colloquial)
Example
Geh doch mal raus an die frische Luft!
Why don't you go out and get some fresh air!
How common is raus?
raus is number 2,258 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 40 times per million words — about once every 25,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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
- 2,254vorabin advance, beforehand
- 2,255schlägthits, beats; suggests (vor-)
- 2,256dauernto last, to take (time)
- 2,257der Vordergrundforeground
- 2,258rausout (colloquial)
- 2,259positivenpositive (inflected)
- 2,260Umständencircumstances (dative plural)
- 2,261der Musikermusician(s)
- 2,262beteiligento take part; to involve
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