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German determiner · CEFR B1

wenige

Meaning in English: few

Rank 801 of 5,000determinerLevel B1

This is a form of wenig, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.

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Example

Nur wenige Leute kamen zur Party.

Only a few people came to the party.

How common is wenige?

wenige is number 801 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 111 times per million words — about once every 9,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 797teilenshare, divide
  2. 798der Abendevening
  3. 799notwendignecessary
  4. 800der Bürgermeistermayor
  5. 801wenigefew
  6. 802gesamtenentire, whole
  7. 803die Studiestudy
  8. 804teilweisepartly, in part
  9. 805Hinweisetips, notes, clues

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