German adverb · CEFR C1
vielmehr
Meaning in English: rather, on the contrary
Example
Er ist nicht faul, vielmehr fehlt ihm die Motivation.
He isn't lazy; rather, he lacks motivation.
How common is vielmehr?
vielmehr is number 2,052 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 44 times per million words — about once every 22,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Related words in the list
vielmehr is built from viel (much, a lot).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,048abhängigdependent, depending
- 2,049Problemenproblems (dative plural)
- 2,050die Gründungfounding, establishment
- 2,051der Downloaddownload
- 2,052vielmehrrather, on the contrary
- 2,053die Mobilitätmobility
- 2,054verschiedener(of) various, different (inflected)
- 2,055der Sinnsense, meaning
- 2,056die Pflichtduty, obligation
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