German adverb · CEFR C1
weitgehend
Meaning in English: largely, to a great extent
Example
Die Arbeiten sind inzwischen weitgehend abgeschlossen.
The work is now largely complete.
How common is weitgehend?
weitgehend is number 2,381 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 38 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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
- 2,377bestimmento determine, to decide
- 2,378jenethose, that (formal)
- 2,379sicheresafe, secure (inflected)
- 2,380die Stärkungstrengthening; refreshment
- 2,381weitgehendlargely, to a great extent
- 2,382historischehistoric, historical (inflected)
- 2,383gesundhealthy
- 2,384nachhaltigensustainable (inflected)
- 2,385gesetzlichlegal, statutory
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