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The 200 most common adverbs in German đŸ‡©đŸ‡Ș

German adverbs ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.

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1mitamong, denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group
2nichtnot, non-
3aufopen
4auchalso, too, as well
5wiehow
6ausout
7aberagain
8nachafter, behind, later, next to
9nuronly, just, merely, simply
10nochstill, yet
11durchduring, throughout, through
12dannthen, after that
13erstfirst, at first
14schonalready
15immeralways
16wiederIndicates that the action taking place has happened before. again
17hierhere, in this place, refers to an environment one is currently in, or to something within reach
18dochafter all, yet, however, nevertheless
19sehrvery
20dennthen, ever, but, now
21selbsteven
22alsothen, thus, so, hence
23ohnewithout
24nunnow, at this moment
25jetztnow
26heutetoday
27dazuin addition to it, in addition, besides
28maltimes
29bereitsalready
30jedochhowever, yet, nevertheless
31einmalonce, one time
32dortthere, yonder
33zwarSignals a following contrary clause, which is usually introduced with aber , stressing that the speaker is aware of the contradiction, but that it does not invalidate the statement.
34etwaapproximately
35allerdingsbut, however
36wohlpossibly, probably, as I was told guess + clause)
37dafĂŒrfor that, for it
38daraufafter
39eigentlichactually
40zurĂŒckback, backward, backwards, to the rear.
41davonfrom it, from that, therefrom, off it, off that
42fastalmost, nearly
43sogareven, actually, in fact
44oftoften
45besondersespecially, particularly
46deshalbtherefore, for that , because of that
47nienever, never at all
48vielleichtperhaps, maybe
49gegenĂŒberon the opposite side
50warumwhy, for what reason
51darĂŒberabove, above it/this/that
52daherfrom there
53kaumbarely, hardly
54zusammentogether, jointly
55schließlichin the end, finally, eventually
56hinUsed to denote direction away from the speaker.
57eherrather, somewhat, quite
58ĂŒberhauptoverall, in general
59bisherso far, until now, as yet
60daranon it, on that
61langelong, for a long time
62zunÀchstfirst, first of all, in the first place, to begin with, initially
63obenabove
64außerdemin addition, furthermore, besides
65hinterover, to some place fairly nearby
66ebensoequally, as much
67dadurchthrough it, through that
68ebenfallsalso, likewise, as well
69innerhalbwithin, inside
70insbesonderein particular, particularly
71andersdifferent, differently
72leiderunfortunately
73damalsat that time , at the time, then
74darinin it, in that, therein
75sonstotherwise
76baldsoon, near in time
77insgesamtoverall, altogether, in total, all in all, by and large, on the whole
78sofortimmediately, at once
79dagegenagainst it, against that
80danachafter it, after that, thereafter , afterwards
81hinausout
82zumindestat least
83inzwischenmeanwhile, in the meantime, now, by now, since
84darumaround it, around that
85herhither, to this place, to here, to me/us
86dennochanyhow, however
87zudemmoreover, furthermore
88weiterhinstill
89bevorbefore
90wobeiduring what
91durchausabsolutely, fully, entirely
92beispielsweisefor example
93gerneAlternative form of gern.
94somittherefore, hence, thus
95trotzdemanyhow, nevertheless
96manchmalsometimes
97jeweilsin each case
98herausout of , out over here, out from there
99lediglichmerely
100derzeitat this time, currently, nowadays
101ziemlichpretty, quite, rather, fairly, kind of
102zugleichat the same time
103mindestensat least
104jedenfallsin any case
105zuvorbefore, previously
106vorherbefore, beforehand, in advance.
107teilweisepartially, to some extent
108vielmehrrather
109möglichstas much as possible
110darausout of it, out of that, of it
111stetsalways, constantly, the whole time
112zuletztfinally, lastly, in the end
113darOnly used in darstellen etc.
114zuerstfirst, firstly
115wegaway
116untenbelow
117ĂŒbrigensapart from that, else, for the rest, for everything else
118ĂŒberalleverywhere
119mittlerweilemeanwhile, in the meantime
120andererseitson the other hand
121wiederumagain, in turn
122gesternyesterday
123bislangso far, until now
124wannwhen
125miteinandertogether
126irgendwiesomehow
127genausojust as, just the same
128außerhalboutside, beyond
129immerhinafter all
130niemalsnever
131wenigstensat least
132entgegenagainst
133darunterbelow it, below that, thereunder
134bißchenFormerly standard spelling of bisschen which was deprecated in the spelling reform of 1996.
135erstmalsfor the first time
136sicherlichcertainly
137morgentomorrow
138linkson the left
139deswegentherefore, because of that
140bitteplease, if you please
141hingegenon the other hand
142solangemeanwhile
143einerseitson the one hand
144hinzuin addition, besides
145fortaway
146letztlichfinally, ultimately
147rechtson the right
148freilichadmittedly
149herumabout, around.
150irgendwannsometime, somewhen, anytime
151diesmalthis time
152dahinthere
153keineswegsin no way, by no means, not at all, not a bit
154Ă€ußerstextremely
155alleineAlternative form of allein
156möglicherweisepossibly, potentially
157hervorforth
158hierzuhereto
159hineinin
160ansonstenotherwise, besides, beyond that, if that happen not
161scheinbarapparently
162meistensmostly
163vorausin front, ahead
164zumalespecially
165ohnehinin any case, anyway,
166nahezualmost, nearly, virtually
167insofernup to here
168hierbeihereby
169draußenoutside
170daraufhinthereupon, consequently, subsequently
171notOnly used in nottun
172irgendwosomewhere
173unterwegson one’s way, underway, en route, in transit, going, travelling
174mittenIn the middle.
175einschließlichinclusively
176einstonce, formerly
177nochmalsagain, once more
178spÀtestensat the latest, not later than
179rausout, out of there, outta there
180sovielso much, so many, as much, as many
181allzuall too
182weshalbwhy
183geradezudownright
184sowiesoanyway, anyhow, in any case
185sozusagenso to speak, in a manner of speaking
186davorin front of that/it
187entlangalong
188wiederholtrepeatedly
189hintenbehind, in the back
190danebennext to it, next to that
191hierfĂŒrfor this , therefore
192vorneat the front
193nunmehras from now, henceforth
194kĂŒrzlichrecently, lately
195beinahealmost, nearly
196wiesowhy
197jederzeitanytime
198demnachtherefore
199seitdemsince
200normalerweisenormally

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