German adverb · CEFR B1
seitdem
Meaning in English: since then; since
Example
Seitdem habe ich ihn nicht mehr gesehen.
I haven't seen him since then.
How common is seitdem?
seitdem is number 1,580 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 58 times per million words — about once every 17,000 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
- 1,576erfülltfulfilled, met
- 1,577konkretconcrete, specific(ally)
- 1,578sammelnto collect, to gather
- 1,579hängthangs, depends (on)
- 1,580seitdemsince then; since
- 1,581vorbereitetprepared
- 1,582daraufhinthereupon, as a result
- 1,583die Kartecard, map, ticket, menu
- 1,584das Schuljahrschool year
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