German adverb · CEFR B2
zumindest
Meaning in English: at least
Example
Ruf zumindest an, wenn du später kommst.
At least call if you're going to be late.
How common is zumindest?
zumindest is number 693 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 130 times per million words — about once every 7,700 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 689internationaleninternational
- 690anschließendafterwards, then
- 691ermöglichtenables, makes possible
- 692sprechenspeak, talk
- 693zumindestat least
- 694kannstcan (du form)
- 695gefundenfound
- 696betroffenenaffected
- 697der Preisprice; prize
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