German adverb · CEFR A2
trotzdem
Meaning in English: nevertheless, anyway
Example
Ich war müde, aber ich bin trotzdem gekommen.
I was tired, but I came anyway.
How common is trotzdem?
trotzdem is number 647 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 138 times per million words — about once every 7,300 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% 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
- 643das Verfahrenprocedure, process; proceedings
- 644die Regierunggovernment
- 645RusslandRussia
- 646tragencarry, wear
- 647trotzdemnevertheless, anyway
- 648altenold
- 649Männermen
- 650die Forschungresearch
- 651aktivactive(ly)
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#647
- The 5,000 most common German words#647
- German A2 vocabulary#160
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