German adverb · CEFR A2
ungefähr
Meaning in English: about, approximately
Example
Die Fahrt dauert ungefähr zwei Stunden.
The journey takes about two hours.
How common is ungefähr?
ungefähr is number 3,124 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,120verliehenawarded; lent
- 3,121feiertecelebrated
- 3,122vorhandenenexisting, available
- 3,123die Stellungposition, stance
- 3,124ungefährabout, approximately
- 3,125orientierento orient, to get one's bearings
- 3,126Fächersubjects; compartments
- 3,127das Grundstückplot of land, property
- 3,128die Pressemitteilungpress release
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