Vocabulary · Adverbs
German Adverbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 61–120
Continuing the list — words 61 to 120 of 246, still commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
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23
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at A2
35
at B1
Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.
- überhaupt overall, in general; at all; anyway
- niemals never (at no time)
- zuerst first, firstly; at first
- bereits already
- deswegen therefore, because of that
- irgendwo somewhere; anywhere (in one particular place)
- außerdem in addition; furthermore, besides
- schlimmer worse
- hoffentlich hopefully (it is hoped that)
- jedenfalls in any case; definitely
- bisher so far, until now, as yet
- davor in front of that/it; from that/it
- daher from there, thence; therefore; because of that; hence; thus
- anscheinend apparently
- normalerweise normally
- mindestens at least (at a lower limit)
- nachher in a short while (in the near future, but not more than a few hours); afterwards, later…
- umsonst free of charge, gratis; in vain, without success
- nirgendwo nowhere (in no place)
- voraus in front, ahead
- zuletzt finally; lastly; in the end; recently; the other day
- inzwischen since then, by now, in the meantime (contrasting between the current state and a known…
- beinahe almost; nearly
- auseinander apart
- ungern unwillingly; usually expressed in English through verb phrases such as "doesn't like",…
- höchstens at most
- zunächst first, first of all, in the first place, to begin with, initially; for now, for the time…
- zuviel alternative spelling of zu viel
- anfangs initially, at the beginning
- übermorgen overmorrow, the day after tomorrow
- möglichst as much as possible; preferably
- zugleich at the same time, simultaneously
- kaum barely, hardly (qualifying verbs or adjectives); barely any, almost no (qualifying…
- zwar Signals a following contrary clause, which is usually introduced with aber (“but”),…
- wenigstens at least
- zumindest at least
- nämlich namely, specifically; used to further specify what exactly one was talking about just…
- übrigens apart from that, else, for the rest, for everything else; by the way
- allerdings but, however; indeed!
- schließlich in the end, finally, eventually; after all (because of, for the reason)
- vorhin earlier (a short time ago, typically between minutes and a few hours ago)
- abgesehen except (for), apart (from), other (than)
- dadurch through it, through that; thus
- neulich recently (in the recent past)
- dennoch anyhow, however
- weiterhin still; also, going further
- immerhin after all (explaining another statement); at least, anyway, on the bright side…
- möglicherweise possibly, potentially; perhaps
- ebenfalls also, likewise, as well
- stattdessen instead, in lieu (of)
- sicherlich certainly
- sozusagen so to speak, in a manner of speaking
- durchaus absolutely, fully, entirely; absolutely, definitely, certainly, in any case
- zurzeit currently
- lediglich merely
- andererseits on the other hand
- inwiefern in what way, how; whether
- mittlerweile meanwhile, in the meantime
- ohnehin in any case, anyway, either way; already (further exacerbating the existing situation)
- somit therefore, hence, thus
Common questions
How many German adverbs should I know?
This list holds 246 adverbs graded A1 to C2. 57 of them fall in A1–A2, which is the set worth knowing cold before anything else.
Are the adverb forms included?
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