German preposition · CEFR A1
zu
Meaning in English: to; too; closed
Example
Nach der Arbeit gehe ich zu meiner Mutter.
After work I'm going to my mother's.
How common is zu?
zu is number 9 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 10,372 times per million words — about once every 96 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 18% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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