The Top 1000 German Words
Word Frequency in German - Worthäufigkeit
The Top 1,000 German Words
Some observations about the top 100 German words:
• The top 10 words make up 27% of words that occur in German. The top 20 words account for about 35% of words that appear in German written and spoken texts.
• The top 100 German words contain only 4 nouns, three of which have to do with time.
• The top 100 German words include 30 different adverbs, more than 20 pronouns, and 16 prepositions. Small function words thus play a dominant role in making sense of German texts.
• The top 100 German words list 16 different verbs. These include 4 of the 6 modal verbs. Also included are the verbs commonly used as auxiliary verbs in German, suggesting that compound verb tenses are used relatively frequently in German.
Word Frequency in German: Top 100 Words
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