German adverb · CEFR A1
so
Meaning in English: so, like this, such
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Warum bist du heute so müde?
Why are you so tired today?
How common is so?
so is number 48 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 2,526 times per million words — about once every 400 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 37% 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
In these word lists
- The 100 most common German words#48
- The 500 most common German words#48
- The 1,000 most common German words#48
- The 5,000 most common German words#48
- German A1 vocabulary#47
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.