German adverb · CEFR A1

wie

Meaning in English: how; like, as

Rank 32 of 5,000adverbLevel A1
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Example

Wie geht es deiner Familie?

How is your family?

How common is wie?

wie is number 32 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 3,801 times per million words — about once every 260 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 32% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 28amat the, on the (an + dem)
  2. 29ausfrom, out of; made of
  3. 30oderor
  4. 31nachafter; to (places); according to
  5. 32wiehow; like, as
  6. 33wirdbecomes; will; is (passive)
  7. 34dassthat (conjunction)
  8. 35wirwe
  9. 36umat (time); around; in order to

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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.