German adverb · CEFR B2
voran
Meaning in English: ahead, forward
Example
Die Arbeit am Haus geht gut voran.
Work on the house is making good progress.
How common is voran?
voran is number 2,167 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 42 times per million words — about once every 24,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,163das Handymobile phone, cell phone
- 2,164feiertcelebrates
- 2,165WeihnachtenChristmas
- 2,166das Coronaviruscoronavirus
- 2,167voranahead, forward
- 2,168die Kameracamera
- 2,169wesentlichenessential, main (inflected)
- 2,170die Maßnahmemeasure, step
- 2,171nennento name, to call
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