German preposition · CEFR C1
zufolge
Meaning in English: according to
Example
Dem Wetterbericht zufolge wird es morgen sonnig.
According to the forecast, it'll be sunny tomorrow.
How common is zufolge?
zufolge is number 586 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 151 times per million words — about once every 6,600 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 60% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 582geltenbe valid, apply; be considered
- 583freuen(sich) be glad, look forward
- 584Problemeproblems
- 585verletztinjured, hurt
- 586zufolgeaccording to
- 587das Bildpicture, image
- 588grundsätzlichbasically, in principle
- 589Jugendlicheyoung people, teenagers
- 590einigensome, a few (dative)
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