German preposition · CEFR A2
unter
Meaning in English: under, below; among
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Die Katze schläft unter dem Bett.
The cat is sleeping under the bed.
How common is unter?
unter is number 65 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 1,514 times per million words — about once every 660 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 40% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
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- The 100 most common German words#65
- The 500 most common German words#65
- The 1,000 most common German words#65
- The 5,000 most common German words#65
- German A2 vocabulary#4
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.