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German adverb · CEFR B2

wesentlich

Meaning in English: essential; considerably

Rank 2,295 of 5,000adverbLevel B23 forms in the list
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Example

Mit dem Zug geht es wesentlich schneller.

It's considerably faster by train.

Forms of wesentlich in the top 5,000

These forms of wesentlich are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

wesentlichen#2,169
essential, main (inflected)B2

Die wesentlichen Punkte hat er gut erklärt.
He explained the main points well.

wesentliche#2,623
essential, mainB2

Das ist der wesentliche Unterschied.
That is the essential difference.

How common is wesentlich?

wesentlich is number 2,295 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 39 times per million words — about once every 25,000 words. Its most frequent form is wesentlichen (#2,169).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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

  1. 2,291Farbencolours; paints
  2. 2,292geschehento happen, to occur
  3. 2,293bekamgot, received (past)
  4. 2,294staatlichestate, government (inflected)
  5. 2,295wesentlichessential; considerably
  6. 2,296der Bewerberapplicant(s), candidate(s)
  7. 2,297der Gegensatzcontrast, opposite
  8. 2,298Anregungensuggestions, ideas, stimulus
  9. 2,299weisento point, to show; to refer

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