wir
Meaning in English: we
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Wir treffen uns um acht am Bahnhof.
We're meeting at eight at the station.
Forms of wir in the top 5,000
These forms of wir are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Besuch uns doch mal am Wochenende!
Come and visit us some weekend!
How common is wir?
wir is number 35 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 3,532 times per million words — about once every 280 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 33% 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
In these word lists
- The 100 most common German words#35
- The 500 most common German words#35
- The 1,000 most common German words#35
- The 5,000 most common German words#35
- German A1 vocabulary#34
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.