The most common German adverbs

300adverbs

13.9%of everyday speech

#8rank of the commonest

#	Word	English	Say it	Share
8	nicht	not	nihkht	1.988%
19	ja	yes	yah	0.760%
22	wie	how	vee	0.670%
28	so	so	zoh	0.587%
30	hier	here	heer	0.544%
43	nein	no	neyen	0.463%
46	noch	still/yet	nawkh	0.413%
47	nur	only	noor	0.407%
48	da	there	dah	0.407%
59	auch	also	owkh	0.324%
60	schon	already	shohn	0.319%
62	mal	once/times	mahl	0.314%
63	jetzt	now	yehtst	0.314%
65	dann	then	dahn	0.310%
70	doch	yet/though	dawkh	0.275%
80	wo	where	voh	0.208%
85	mehr	more	mayr	0.203%
87	also	so/thus	AHL-zoh	0.200%
88	immer	always	IH-mer	0.188%
89	warum	why	vah-RUUM	0.181%
92	wieder	again	VEE-der	0.173%
93	sehr	very	zayr	0.163%
100	vielleicht	maybe	fih-LEYEKHT	0.153%
110	nie	never	nee	0.134%
111	wirklich	really	VIHR-klihkh	0.134%
115	weg	away	vehk	0.126%
127	heute	today	HAW-uh-tuh	0.111%
136	nun	now	noon	0.103%
145	zurück	back	tsoo-REWK	0.096%
151	genau	exactly	guh-NOW	0.085%
155	morgen	tomorrow	MAWR-guhn	0.081%
161	gerade	right now/straight	guh-RAH-duh	0.075%
162	wohl	probably	vohl	0.072%
170	raus	out	rows	0.069%
174	wieso	why	VEE-zoh	0.067%
185	her	here (toward speaker)	hayr	0.063%
193	lange	long (time)	LAH-nguh	0.060%
194	natürlich	naturally	nah-TEWR-lihkh	0.060%
197	gar	at all	gahr	0.059%
203	dort	there	dawrt	0.058%
204	weiter	further	VEYE-ter	0.057%
215	davon	of it	dah-FAWN	0.055%
216	dafür	for it	dah-FEWR	0.054%
222	hin	there (away from speaker)	hihn	0.052%
232	rein	in/pure	reyen	0.048%
233	zusammen	together	tsoo-ZAH-muhn	0.048%
242	erst	only/first	ayrst	0.046%
246	genug	enough	guh-NOOK	0.045%
251	sonst	otherwise	zawnst	0.044%
259	dabei	in doing so	dah-BEYE	0.042%
265	sofort	immediately	zoh-FAWRT	0.041%
268	einmal	once	EYEN-mahl	0.040%
270	wann	when	vahn	0.039%
272	halt	just/stop	hahlt	0.039%
282	ne	no (informal)	nay	0.038%
284	gern	gladly	gehrn	0.038%
286	darüber	about it	dah-REW-ber	0.037%
292	dazu	to it	dah-TSOO	0.036%
294	daran	on it	dah-RAHN	0.036%
297	lieber	rather	LEE-ber	0.035%
303	eigentlich	actually	EYE-guhnt-lihkh	0.034%
314	später	later	SHPEH-ter	0.032%
318	darauf	on it	dah-ROWF	0.031%
319	bald	soon	bahlt	0.031%
339	draußen	outside	DROW-suhn	0.029%
342	fast	almost	fahst	0.029%
344	runter	down	RUUN-ter	0.028%
346	vorbei	over/past	fohr-BEYE	0.028%
347	gerne	gladly	GEHR-nuh	0.028%
348	dran	on it/turn	drahn	0.028%
356	darum	that's why	dah-RUUM	0.027%
362	drin	inside	dreen	0.027%
366	ziemlich	quite	TSEEM-lihkh	0.027%
368	sogar	even	zoh-GAHR	0.026%
373	je	ever/each	yay	0.026%
374	woher	from where	voh-HAYR	0.026%
377	überhaupt	at all	ew-ber-HOWPT	0.026%
391	oben	above	OH-buhn	0.025%
392	gestern	yesterday	GEHS-tern	0.025%
396	endlich	finally	EHNT-lihkh	0.025%
398	etwa	about/perhaps	EH-tvah	0.024%
402	anders	different	AHN-ders	0.024%
417	deshalb	therefore	dehs-HAHLP	0.023%
418	eben	just/exactly	AY-buhn	0.023%
433	niemals	never	NEE-mahls	0.023%
439	manchmal	sometimes	MAHNKH-mahl	0.022%
468	bloß	just/merely	blohs	0.020%
469	unten	below	UUN-tuhn	0.020%
475	oft	often	awft	0.019%
494	drauf	on it	drowf	0.018%
497	irgendwie	somehow	ihr-guhnd-VEE	0.018%
502	kaum	hardly	kowm	0.018%
512	früher	earlier/formerly	FREW-er	0.018%
515	wohin	where to	voh-HEEN	0.018%
517	früh	early	frew	0.017%
518	zuerst	first	tsoo-AYRST	0.017%
519	wahrscheinlich	probably	vahr-SHEYEN-lihkh	0.017%
527	hierher	over here	HEER-her	0.017%
544	bereits	already	buh-REYETS	0.016%
552	leider	unfortunately	LEYE-der	0.016%
558	trotzdem	nevertheless	TRAWTS-daym	0.015%
563	überall	everywhere	ew-ber-AHL	0.015%
571	danach	afterward	dah-NAHKH	0.015%
573	deswegen	that's why	DEHS-vay-guhn	0.015%
580	völlig	completely	FUH-lihkh	0.015%
594	zwar	indeed	tsvahr	0.014%
614	total	totally	toh-TAHL	0.013%
619	damals	back then	DAH-mahls	0.013%
627	irgendwo	somewhere	ihr-GEHND-voh	0.013%
629	genauso	just as	guh-NOW-zoh	0.013%
631	weniger	less	VAY-nih-ger	0.013%
637	drüben	over there	DREW-buhn	0.013%
647	eher	rather	AY-er	0.013%
656	wovon	of what	VOH-vohn	0.012%
658	nochmal	once more	NAWKH-mahl	0.012%
663	weh	hurt (weh tun)	vay	0.012%
667	außerdem	besides	OW-ser-daym	0.012%
671	wenigstens	at least	VAY-nihkhs-tuhns	0.012%
679	besonders	especially	buh-ZAWN-ders	0.012%
710	vorher	beforehand	fohr-HAYR	0.011%
722	hinten	in the back	HIHN-tuhn	0.011%
730	heraus	out	heh-ROWS	0.011%
736	tatsächlich	actually	TAHT-zehkh-lihkh	0.010%
740	plötzlich	suddenly	PLUHTS-lihkh	0.010%
746	jemals	ever	YAY-mahls	0.010%
766	unterwegs	on the way	uun-ter-VEHKS	0.010%
772	dagegen	against it	dah-GAY-guhn	0.010%
789	fort	away	fawrt	0.009%
792	ständig	constantly	SHTEHN-dihkh	0.009%
797	absolut	absolutely	ahp-zoh-LOOT	0.009%
800	rum	around	ruum	0.009%
819	herum	around	heh-RUUM	0.009%
827	wozu	what for	VOH-tsoo	0.009%
832	hoffentlich	hopefully	HAW-fuhnt-lihkh	0.009%
833	zuhause	at home	tsoo-HOW-zuh	0.009%
839	irgendwann	sometime	IHR-guhnd-vahn	0.009%
840	jedenfalls	anyway	YAY-duhn-fahls	0.009%
841	rüber	over (across)	REW-ber	0.009%
848	bisher	so far	bihs-HAYR	0.009%
854	unbedingt	absolutely	UUN-buh-dihngt	0.009%
858	wofür	what for	VOH-fewr	0.009%
875	dahin	there (to that place)	dah-HIHN	0.008%
882	darin	in it	dah-RIHN	0.008%
888	zumindest	at least	tsoo-MIHN-duhst	0.008%
896	sowieso	anyway	ZOH-vee-zoh	0.008%
929	vermutlich	presumably	fehr-MOOT-lihkh	0.008%
935	links	left	lihngks	0.008%
957	diesmal	this time	DEES-mahl	0.007%
964	nämlich	namely	NEHM-lihkh	0.007%
978	offensichtlich	obviously	AW-fehn-zihkht-lihkh	0.007%
1001	ran	at it (closer)	rahn	0.007%
1006	übrigens	by the way	EWB-rih-guhns	0.007%
1021	rechts	right (direction)	rehkhts	0.007%
1023	miteinander	with each other	MIH-teye-nahn-der	0.007%
1068	allerdings	however	AH-ler-dihngs	0.006%
1070	soweit	so far	zoh-VEYET	0.006%
1076	worauf	on what	voh-ROWF	0.006%
1094	herein	come in	heh-REYEN	0.006%
1102	gemeinsam	together	guh-MEYEN-zahm	0.006%
1106	ungefähr	approximately	UUN-guh-fehr	0.006%
1110	drinnen	inside	DRIH-nuhn	0.006%
1111	zuvor	before	tsoo-FAWR	0.006%
1127	vorne	in front	FAWR-nuh	0.006%
1138	davor	before it	dah-FOHR	0.006%
1159	worüber	about what	VOH-rew-ber	0.006%
1162	nachts	at night	nahkhts	0.006%
1172	schließlich	finally	SHLEES-lihkh	0.006%
1189	daher	therefore	dah-HEHR	0.006%
1193	zufällig	by chance	tsoo-FEH-lihkh	0.006%
1197	mitten	in the middle	MIH-tuhn	0.006%
1236	worum	about what	VOH-ruum	0.005%
1269	offenbar	apparently	AW-fuhn-bahr	0.005%
1301	hinaus	out	hih-NOWS	0.005%
1304	vorhin	earlier	FOHR-hihn	0.005%
1325	nee	nope	nay	0.005%
1331	dorthin	there (to that place)	DAWRT-hihn	0.005%
1334	vorwärts	forward	FOHR-vehrts	0.005%
1339	anscheinend	apparently	AHN-sheye-nuhnt	0.005%
1351	daraus	from that	dah-ROWS	0.005%
1388	längst	long since	lehngst	0.004%
1389	drüber	over it	DREW-ber	0.004%
1393	normalerweise	normally	NAWR-mah-ler-veye-zuh	0.004%
1395	rauf	up	rowf	0.004%
1401	morgens	in the morning	MAWR-guhns	0.004%
1403	vollkommen	completely	fawl-KAW-muhn	0.004%
1407	eh	anyway	ay	0.004%
1412	mindestens	at least	MIHN-duhs-tuhns	0.004%
1434	seitdem	since then	ZEYET-duhm	0.004%
1436	wahnsinnig	insanely	VAHN-zih-nihkh	0.004%
1455	womit	with what	voh-MIHT	0.004%
1458	nachher	afterward	NAHKH-her	0.004%
1476	woran	on what	voh-RAHN	0.004%
1482	dadurch	through that	dah-DUU-erkh	0.004%
1496	zweimal	twice	TSVEYE-mahl	0.004%
1503	neulich	recently	NAW-uh-lihkh	0.004%
1509	weshalb	why	VEHS-hahlp	0.004%
1510	woanders	elsewhere	VOH-ahn-ders	0.004%
1519	selbstverständlich	of course	ZEHLPST-fehr-shtehnt-lihkh	0.004%
1529	hinein	into	hih-NEYEN	0.004%
1537	umsonst	for free/in vain	UUM-zawnst	0.004%
1539	nirgendwo	nowhere	nihr-GEHND-voh	0.004%
1584	ebenso	likewise	AY-buhn-zoh	0.004%
1588	dennoch	nevertheless	DEH-nawkh	0.004%
1610	voraus	ahead	foh-ROWS	0.004%
1614	weiterhin	still/further	VEYE-ter-hihn	0.004%
1639	immerhin	at least	IH-mer-hihn	0.004%
1648	zuletzt	lastly	tsoo-LEHTST	0.003%
1674	möglicherweise	possibly	MUHG-lih-kher-veye-zuh	0.003%
1675	definitiv	definitely	day-fee-nee-TEEF	0.003%
1679	abends	in the evening	AH-buhnts	0.003%
1690	ebenfalls	likewise	AY-buhn-fahls	0.003%
1693	jederzeit	anytime	YAY-der-tseyet	0.003%
1708	vorn	in front	fawrn	0.003%
1718	inzwischen	meanwhile	ihnts-VIH-shuhn	0.003%
1726	selten	rarely	ZEHL-tuhn	0.003%
1737	beinahe	almost	BEYE-nah-uh	0.003%
1780	jedoch	however	YAY-dawkh	0.003%
1826	öfter	more often	UHF-ter	0.003%
1842	hinterher	afterward	HIHN-ter-her	0.003%
1851	dahinter	behind it	dah-HIHN-ter	0.003%
1855	bestens	excellently	BEHS-tuhns	0.003%
1859	wonach	after which	VOH-nahkh	0.003%
1884	dauernd	constantly	DOW-ernt	0.003%
1886	gegenseitig	mutually	gay-guhn-ZEYE-tihkh	0.003%
1914	gleichzeitig	simultaneously	GLEYEKH-tseye-tihkh	0.003%
1925	rechtzeitig	on time	REHKH-tseye-tihkh	0.003%
1943	angeblich	allegedly	AHN-guh-blihkh	0.003%
1949	hiermit	hereby	heer-MIHT	0.003%
1954	eindeutig	clearly	EYEN-daw-uh-tihkh	0.003%
1965	auseinander	apart	OW-seye-nahn-der	0.003%
2010	zurecht	properly	tsoo-REHKHT	0.003%
2046	heutzutage	nowadays	HAW-uh-tsoo-tah-guh	0.003%
2059	nieder	down	NEE-der	0.003%
2064	momentan	currently	moh-muhn-TAHN	0.003%
2066	meistens	mostly	MEYES-tuhns	0.003%
2068	soviel	so much	ZOH-veel	0.003%
2069	stattdessen	instead	SHTAHT-deh-suhn	0.003%
2095	äußerst	extremely	AW-uh-serst	0.002%
2124	sicherlich	certainly	ZIH-kher-lihkh	0.002%
2154	drum	around it	druum	0.002%
2161	einst	once	eyenst	0.002%
2177	heut	today	HAW-uht	0.002%
2185	meinetwegen	as far as I'm concerned	MEYE-neh-tvay-guhn	0.002%
2190	stets	always	shtayts	0.002%
2212	daneben	next to it	dah-NAY-buhn	0.002%
2283	nebenan	next door	NAY-buh-nahn	0.002%
2308	voran	forward	FOH-rahn	0.002%
2309	wieviel	how much	VEE-veel	0.002%
2353	daheim	at home	DAH-eyem	0.002%
2356	ungern	reluctantly	UUN-gehrn	0.002%
2358	erstens	firstly	AYRS-tuhns	0.002%
2384	ausgerechnet	of all things	OWS-guh-rehkh-nuht	0.002%
2399	scheinbar	apparently	SHEYEN-bahr	0.002%
2412	erneut	again	ehr-NAW-uht	0.002%
2428	innen	inside	IH-nuhn	0.002%
2431	weswegen	why	VEHS-vay-guhn	0.002%
2449	kürzlich	recently	KEWRTS-lihkh	0.002%
2460	womöglich	possibly	VOH-muh-klihkh	0.002%
2472	wovor	of what	voh-FOHR	0.002%
2501	bitte	please	BIT-tuh	0.021%
2506	online	online	ON-line	0.010%
2517	zunächst	at first	tsoo-NEKHST	0.007%
2526	insgesamt	in total, altogether	ins-guh-ZAMT	0.006%
2541	insbesondere	especially	ins-buh-ZON-duh-ruh	0.005%
2572	somit	thus, therefore	zo-MIT	0.004%
2577	jeweils	in each case, respectively	YAY-vyls	0.004%
2596	teilweise	partly	TILE-vy-zuh	0.004%
2599	beispielsweise	for example	BYE-shpeels-vy-zuh	0.004%
2600	mittlerweile	by now, meanwhile	MIT-luh-vy-luh	0.004%
2611	lediglich	merely, only	LAY-dik-likh	0.004%
2616	durchaus	definitely, quite	doorkh-OWS	0.004%
2660	derzeit	currently	DAIR-tsite	0.003%
2666	erstmals	for the first time	AIRST-mahls	0.003%
2675	erstmal	first of all	AIRST-mahl	0.003%
2695	möglichst	as ... as possible	MURG-likhst	0.003%
2760	hingegen	on the other hand	hin-GAY-guhn	0.002%
2761	wiederum	again; in turn	VEE-duh-room	0.002%
2762	zugleich	at the same time	tsoo-GLYKE	0.002%
2923	teils	partly	TILES	0.002%
2951	ansonsten	otherwise	an-ZON-stuhn	0.002%
2952	bislang	so far, until now	bis-LANG	0.002%
2968	andererseits	on the other hand	AN-duh-rair-zites	0.002%
2969	hierbei	here, in this case	heer-BY	0.002%
3038	nahezu	almost, nearly	NAH-uh-tsoo	0.002%
3103	spätestens	at the latest	SHPEH-tuh-stuhns	0.002%
3149	gratis	free of charge	GRAH-tis	0.001%
3150	letztlich	ultimately	LETST-likh	0.001%
3151	ohnehin	anyway, in any case	OH-nuh-hin	0.001%
3213	anfangs	at first	AN-fangs	0.001%
3215	vielmehr	rather, on the contrary	feel-MAIR	0.001%
3269	einerseits	on the one hand	EYE-nuh-zites	0.001%
3272	quasi	quasi, more or less	KVAH-zee	0.001%
3340	umso	all the more	OOM-zoh	0.001%
3390	nochmals	once again	NOKH-mahls	0.001%
3440	ferner	furthermore	FAIR-nuh	0.001%
3544	mehrmals	several times	MAIR-mahls	0.001%
3575	höchstens	at most	HURKH-stuhns	0.001%
3576	insofern	in that respect, insofar	in-zo-FAIRN	0.001%
3661	demnächst	shortly, soon	daym-NEKHST	0.001%
3664	oftmals	often	OFT-mahls	0.001%

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