German adverb · CEFR A2
vorbei
Meaning in English: over, past, by
Example
Der Sommer ist leider schon wieder vorbei.
Unfortunately summer is already over again.
How common is vorbei?
vorbei is number 1,115 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 81 times per million words — about once every 12,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,111der Satzsentence, set, rate
- 1,112möglichepossible
- 1,113die Führungguided tour, leadership, lead
- 1,114durchausquite, definitely, by all means
- 1,115vorbeiover, past, by
- 1,116umfasstcomprises, includes
- 1,117die Anmeldungregistration, sign-up
- 1,118startento start, to take off
- 1,119gesetztset, put, placed
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