German number · CEFR A1

zwei

Meaning in English: two

Rank 85 of 5,000numberLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Wir bleiben zwei Nächte im Hotel.

We're staying two nights at the hotel.

Forms of zwei in the top 5,000

These forms of zwei are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

zweier#4,577
of two (genitive)B2

Sie ist Mutter zweier Kinder.
She is the mother of two children.

How common is zwei?

zwei is number 85 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 1,044 times per million words — about once every 960 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 43% 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. 81seitsince, for (time)
  2. 82immeralways
  3. 83schonalready; yet; surely
  4. 84damitso that; with it
  5. 85zweitwo
  6. 86einesa, one (genitive; neuter)
  7. 87sollshould, is supposed to
  8. 88abfrom (on); off
  9. 89seibe; is (reported speech)

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