German number · CEFR A1
zwölf
Meaning in English: twelve
Example
Mittags um zwölf gibt es Essen.
Lunch is at twelve noon.
How common is zwölf?
zwölf is number 1,023 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 88 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% 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
- 1,019verbundenconnected, linked
- 1,020europäischeEuropean
- 1,021großesbig, large
- 1,022aufgenommenrecorded, taken in, admitted
- 1,023zwölftwelve
- 1,024das Interviewinterview
- 1,025zusätzlicheadditional, extra
- 1,026suchtlooks for, seeks
- 1,027zeigteshowed
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