German adverb · CEFR C1
unterdessen
Meaning in English: meanwhile, in the meantime
Example
Unterdessen hatte es angefangen zu regnen.
Meanwhile it had started to rain.
How common is unterdessen?
unterdessen is number 4,547 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 56,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,543erstattetrefunded, reimbursed
- 4,544das Fazitconclusion, summing-up
- 4,545benötigtenneeded, required
- 4,546das Amtsgerichtlocal court, district court
- 4,547unterdessenmeanwhile, in the meantime
- 4,548Felderfields
- 4,549ähnlichessimilar
- 4,550die Ausschreibungcall for tenders, job advert
- 4,551Wissenschaftlerinnenscientists (female)
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