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German adverb · CEFR B1

sicherlich

Meaning in English: certainly, surely

Rank 2,567 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Example

Sie hat sicherlich einen guten Grund.

She surely has a good reason.

How common is sicherlich?

sicherlich is number 2,567 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 35 times per million words — about once every 29,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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. 2,563der Arbeitnehmeremployee
  2. 2,564vorgenommencarried out; resolved (sich)
  3. 2,565sendensend, broadcast
  4. 2,566glücklichhappy
  5. 2,567sicherlichcertainly, surely
  6. 2,568Gästenguests (dative plural)
  7. 2,569die Perspektiveperspective; prospects
  8. 2,570findest(you) find, think
  9. 2,571kleinessmall, little

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