German adverb · CEFR B1
relativ
Meaning in English: relatively, fairly
Example
Die Prüfung war relativ einfach.
The exam was relatively easy.
How common is relativ?
relativ is number 1,747 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 52 times per million words — about once every 19,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% 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
- 1,743der Westenwest
- 1,744tutdoes; hurts (tut weh)
- 1,745allgemeinegeneral
- 1,746die Streckeroute, distance, line
- 1,747relativrelatively, fairly
- 1,748regionaleregional, local
- 1,749dauertlasts, takes (time)
- 1,750willkommenwelcome
- 1,751beitragento contribute
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