German preposition · CEFR A1
vom
Meaning in English: from the, of the (von + dem)
Example
Ich hole dich vom Bahnhof ab.
I'll pick you up from the station.
How common is vom?
vom is number 73 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 1,228 times per million words — about once every 810 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 41% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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