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German adverb · CEFR A1

sehr

Meaning in English: very, very much

Rank 94 of 5,000adverbLevel A1
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Example

Vielen Dank, das ist sehr nett!

Thanks a lot, that's very kind!

How common is sehr?

sehr is number 94 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 956 times per million words — about once every 1,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 44% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 90vielemany, a lot of
  2. 91Jahrenyears (dative plural)
  3. 92bereitsalready
  4. 93keineno, not any
  5. 94sehrvery, very much
  6. 95ihrerher, their (dat./gen.)
  7. 96der Euroeuro
  8. 97hattehad
  9. 98nunnow; well

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