German adverb · CEFR A2
wofür
Meaning in English: what for, for which
Example
Wofür brauchst du so viel Geld?
What do you need so much money for?
How common is wofür?
wofür is number 4,325 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 53,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,321Randeedge (am Rande: on the edge)
- 4,322landetelanded
- 4,323identifiziertidentified
- 4,324Reihenrows, ranks, series
- 4,325wofürwhat for, for which
- 4,326heißhot
- 4,327Lehrveranstaltungencourses, classes (university)
- 4,328hervorragendeexcellent, outstanding
- 4,329die Persönlichkeitpersonality
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