German adjective · CEFR A1

spät

Meaning in English: late

Rank 2,525 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A14 forms in the list

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Example

Es ist schon spät, ich gehe nach Hause.
It's already late, I'm going home.

Forms of spät in the top 5,000

These forms of spät are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

später#339

laterA1

Ich rufe dich später noch mal an.
I'll call you again later.

späteren#2,781

laterB1

Wir besprechen das zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt.
We'll discuss that at a later time.

späten#3,010

late (inflected)A2

Am späten Abend wurde es endlich kühler.
Late in the evening it finally got cooler.

How common is spät?

spät is number 2,525 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words. Its most frequent form is später (#339).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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

2,521festgenommenarrested
2,522praktischenpractical
2,523organisierenorganise
2,524die Autobahnmotorway, highway
2,525spätlate
2,526das Radioradio
2,527verbindenconnect, combine
2,528hintenat the back, behind
2,529Erwartungenexpectations

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