German adverb · CEFR B1
ständig
Meaning in English: constantly, all the time
Example
Er kommt ständig zu spät.
He's always late.
How common is ständig?
ständig is number 1,899 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 48 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% 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
- 1,895Institutioneninstitutions
- 1,896innovativeinnovative
- 1,897angezeigtdisplayed, shown; reported (to police)
- 1,898welchemwhich (dative)
- 1,899ständigconstantly, all the time
- 1,900generellgenerally, in general
- 1,901die Grundschuleprimary school
- 1,902der Fußballfootball, soccer
- 1,903spielteplayed
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