German adverb · CEFR C1
stets
Meaning in English: always, constantly
Example
Sie ist stets freundlich und hilfsbereit.
She is always friendly and helpful.
How common is stets?
stets is number 886 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 100 times per million words — about once every 10,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 882die Lösungsolution
- 883der Siegvictory, win
- 884die Kritikcriticism; review
- 885fälltfalls; (schwer) is hard
- 886stetsalways, constantly
- 887Hochschulenuniversities, colleges
- 888gesamteentire, whole
- 889bekommtgets, receives
- 890die Ideeidea
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