German adverb · CEFR A2
total
Meaning in English: totally, completely
Example
Das habe ich total vergessen!
I completely forgot about that!
How common is total?
total is number 3,965 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 47,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,961die Markmark (former German currency)
- 3,962der MontagabendMonday evening
- 3,963Planungenplans, planning
- 3,964genauenexact, precise
- 3,965totaltotally, completely
- 3,966neuemnew (dative)
- 3,967stationäreninpatient, stationary
- 3,968die Visionvision
- 3,969sozialsocial, socially
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