wenig
Meaning in English: little, not much
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Ich habe diese Woche wenig geschlafen.
I haven't slept much this week.
Forms of wenig in the top 5,000
These forms of wenig are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Ich möchte weniger Zucker essen.
I want to eat less sugar.
Nach wenigen Minuten war das Essen fertig.
After a few minutes the food was ready.
How common is wenig?
wenig is number 388 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 227 times per million words — about once every 4,400 words. Its most frequent form is weniger (#304).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 56% 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
- 384Kindernchildren (dative plural)
- 385sechssix
- 386bekommento get, to receive
- 387sichersafe; sure, certainly
- 388weniglittle, not much
- 389würdenwould (we/they)
- 390das Angebotoffer; range; special offer
- 391gegenüberopposite; towards
- 392die Ausbildungtraining, apprenticeship; education
In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#388
- The 1,000 most common German words#388
- The 5,000 most common German words#388
- German A2 vocabulary#89
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.