The 500 most common German words

500words

84%of everyday speech

4.8%the single commonest word

#	Word	English	Say it	Share	Running total
1	sein	to be	zeyen	4.839%	4.8%
2	ich	I	ihkh	4.249%	9.1%
3	sie	she/they	zee	2.746%	11.8%
4	haben	to have	HAH-buhn	2.492%	14.3%
5	ein	a	eyen	2.312%	16.6%
6	das	the (n)/that	dahs	2.252%	18.9%
7	du	you	doo	2.126%	21.0%
8	nicht	not	nihkht	1.988%	23.0%
9	die	the (f/pl)	dee	1.792%	24.8%
10	es	it	ehs	1.661%	26.5%
11	und	and	uunt	1.652%	28.1%
12	der	the (m)	dehr	1.245%	29.4%
13	wir	we	veer	1.242%	30.6%
14	was	what	vahs	1.223%	31.8%
15	werden	to become	VEHR-duhn	1.059%	32.9%
16	zu	to	tsoo	1.028%	33.9%
17	er	he	ehr	0.975%	34.9%
18	können	to be able to	KUH-nuhn	0.811%	35.7%
19	ja	yes	yah	0.760%	36.5%
20	mir	to me	meer	0.735%	37.2%
21	mit	with	miht	0.732%	37.9%
22	wie	how	vee	0.670%	38.6%
23	den	the (m/pl)	dayn	0.664%	39.3%
24	dass	that	dahs	0.647%	39.9%
25	mich	me	mihkh	0.644%	40.5%
26	auf	on	owf	0.636%	41.2%
27	aber	but	AH-ber	0.616%	41.8%
28	so	so	zoh	0.587%	42.4%
29	wissen	to know	VIH-suhn	0.586%	43.0%
30	hier	here	heer	0.544%	43.5%
31	sagen	to say	ZAH-guhn	0.542%	44.1%
32	für	for	fewr	0.530%	44.6%
33	gehen	to go	GAY-uhn	0.518%	45.1%
34	mein	my (m/n)	meyen	0.511%	45.6%
35	von	from	fawn	0.510%	46.1%
36	kommen	to come	KAW-muhn	0.502%	46.6%
37	wenn	if/when	vehn	0.501%	47.1%
38	dich	you	dihkh	0.497%	47.6%
39	machen	to make/do	MAH-khuhn	0.494%	48.1%
40	kein	no/none	keyen	0.482%	48.6%
41	müssen	to have to	MEW-suhn	0.477%	49.1%
42	ihr	her/you all	eer	0.473%	49.5%
43	nein	no	neyen	0.463%	50.0%
44	an	at/on	ahn	0.453%	50.5%
45	sehen	to see	ZAY-uhn	0.440%	50.9%
46	noch	still/yet	nawkh	0.413%	51.3%
47	nur	only	noor	0.407%	51.7%
48	da	there	dah	0.407%	52.1%
49	dir	to you	deer	0.400%	52.5%
50	wollen	to want	vaw-luhn	0.391%	52.9%
51	tun	to do	toon	0.385%	53.3%
52	sich	oneself	zihkh	0.385%	53.7%
53	dein	your	deyen	0.379%	54.1%
54	uns	us	uuns	0.378%	54.5%
55	sollen	should	ZAW-luhn	0.358%	54.8%
56	meine	my (f/pl)	MEYE-nuh	0.347%	55.2%
57	dem	the (m/n)	daym	0.335%	55.5%
58	gut	good	goot	0.327%	55.8%
59	auch	also	owkh	0.324%	56.1%
60	schon	already	shohn	0.319%	56.5%
61	als	as/than	ahls	0.318%	56.8%
62	mal	once/times	mahl	0.314%	57.1%
63	jetzt	now	yehtst	0.314%	57.4%
64	ihn	him	een	0.314%	57.7%
65	dann	then	dahn	0.310%	58.0%
66	aus	out of	ows	0.307%	58.3%
67	geben	to give	GAY-buhn	0.303%	58.6%
68	um	around/at	uum	0.301%	58.9%
69	im	in the	ihm	0.291%	59.2%
70	doch	yet/though	dawkh	0.275%	59.5%
71	alles	everything	AH-luhs	0.264%	59.8%
72	lassen	to let	LAH-suhn	0.258%	60.0%
73	oder	or	OH-der	0.246%	60.3%
74	hören	to hear	HUH-ruhn	0.244%	60.5%
75	nach	after/to	nahkh	0.235%	60.8%
76	nichts	nothing	nihkhts	0.223%	61.0%
77	man	one/people	mahn	0.217%	61.2%
78	ihnen	to them	EE-nuhn	0.211%	61.4%
79	denken	to think	DEHNG-kuhn	0.211%	61.6%
80	wo	where	voh	0.208%	61.8%
81	etwas	something	EH-tvahs	0.207%	62.0%
82	danken	to thank	DAHNG-kuhn	0.206%	62.2%
83	oh	oh	oh	0.205%	62.4%
84	bitten	to ask/request	BIH-tuhn	0.205%	62.6%
85	mehr	more	mayr	0.203%	62.9%
86	bei	at/near	beye	0.200%	63.1%
87	also	so/thus	AHL-zoh	0.200%	63.2%
88	immer	always	IH-mer	0.188%	63.4%
89	warum	why	vah-RUUM	0.181%	63.6%
90	vor	before/in front of	fawr	0.179%	63.8%
91	glauben	to believe	GLOW-buhn	0.175%	64.0%
92	wieder	again	VEE-der	0.173%	64.1%
93	sehr	very	zayr	0.163%	64.3%
94	alle	all	AH-luh	0.162%	64.5%
95	denn	because	dehn	0.162%	64.6%
96	Mann	man	mahn	0.161%	64.8%
97	ihm	to him	eem	0.157%	65.0%
98	zum	to the	tsuum	0.156%	65.1%
99	leben	to live	LAY-buhn	0.156%	65.3%
100	vielleicht	maybe	fih-LEYEKHT	0.153%	65.4%
101	wer	who	vayr	0.152%	65.6%
102	ihre	her/their (f/pl)	EE-ruh	0.151%	65.7%
103	diese	this/these (f/pl)	DEE-zuh	0.150%	65.9%
104	euch	you all	AW-uhkh	0.149%	66.0%
105	mögen	to like	MUH-guhn	0.149%	66.2%
106	über	over/about	EW-ber	0.142%	66.3%
107	okay	okay	OH-keh-ih	0.142%	66.5%
108	brauchen	to need	BROW-khuhn	0.141%	66.6%
109	nehmen	to take	NAY-muhn	0.141%	66.7%
110	nie	never	nee	0.134%	66.9%
111	wirklich	really	VIHR-klihkh	0.134%	67.0%
112	hey	hey	heye	0.133%	67.1%
113	finden	to find	FIHN-duhn	0.131%	67.3%
114	viel	much	feel	0.128%	67.4%
115	weg	away	vehk	0.126%	67.5%
116	am	at the	ahm	0.123%	67.6%
117	des	of the (m/n)	dehs	0.122%	67.8%
118	einfach	simple/simply	EYEN-fahkh	0.122%	67.9%
119	reden	to talk	RAY-duhn	0.118%	68.0%
120	warten	to wait	VAHR-tuhn	0.117%	68.1%
121	lieben	to love	LEE-buhn	0.116%	68.2%
122	Zeit	time	tseyet	0.116%	68.4%
123	weil	because	veyel	0.115%	68.5%
124	verstehen	to understand	fehr-SHTAY-uhn	0.114%	68.6%
125	schön	beautiful	shuhn	0.112%	68.7%
126	bringen	to bring	BRIH-nguhn	0.112%	68.8%
127	heute	today	HAW-uh-tuh	0.111%	68.9%
128	Tage	days	TAH-guh	0.109%	69.0%
129	damit	so that	dah-MIHT	0.109%	69.1%
130	ganz	whole/quite	gahnts	0.108%	69.2%
131	bleiben	to stay	BLEYE-buhn	0.106%	69.3%
132	ok	ok	oh-KAY	0.106%	69.5%
133	sicher	sure	ZIH-kher	0.105%	69.6%
134	Hause	home	HOW-zuh	0.104%	69.7%
135	Frau	woman	frow	0.104%	69.8%
136	nun	now	noon	0.103%	69.9%
137	kennen	to know (a person)	KEH-nuhn	0.103%	70.0%
138	bis	until	bihs	0.102%	70.1%
139	helfen	to help	HEHL-fuhn	0.102%	70.2%
140	Leid	sorry (es tut mir leid)	leyet	0.101%	70.3%
141	na	well	nah	0.101%	70.4%
142	stehen	to stand	SHTAY-uhn	0.097%	70.5%
143	dieser	this (m)	DEE-zer	0.097%	70.6%
144	klein	small	kleyen	0.096%	70.7%
145	zurück	back	tsoo-REWK	0.096%	70.8%
146	hallo	hello	HAH-loh	0.093%	70.9%
147	Gott	God	gawt	0.092%	71.0%
148	fragen	to ask	FRAH-guhn	0.090%	71.0%
149	halten	to hold	HAHL-tuhn	0.090%	71.1%
150	zwei	two	tsveye	0.088%	71.2%
151	genau	exactly	guh-NOW	0.085%	71.3%
152	sprechen	to speak	SHPREH-khuhn	0.083%	71.4%
153	zur	to the	tsoor	0.083%	71.5%
154	klar	clear	klahr	0.082%	71.6%
155	morgen	tomorrow	MAWR-guhn	0.081%	71.6%
156	dürfen	to be allowed to	DEWR-fuhn	0.080%	71.7%
157	Leute	people	LAW-uh-tuh	0.079%	71.8%
158	Vater	father	FAH-ter	0.079%	71.9%
159	spielen	to play	SHPEE-luhn	0.078%	72.0%
160	ab	from/off	ahp	0.076%	72.0%
161	gerade	right now/straight	guh-RAH-duh	0.075%	72.1%
162	wohl	probably	vohl	0.072%	72.2%
163	unsere	our (f/pl)	UUNZ-ruh	0.071%	72.2%
164	jemand	someone	YAY-mahnt	0.071%	72.3%
165	Geld	money	gehlt	0.071%	72.4%
166	fahren	to drive	FAH-ruhn	0.071%	72.5%
167	durch	through	DUU-erkh	0.070%	72.5%
168	ob	whether	awp	0.070%	72.6%
169	Mutter	mother	MUU-ter	0.069%	72.7%
170	raus	out	rows	0.069%	72.7%
171	Paar	couple/pair	pahr	0.068%	72.8%
172	passiert	happens	pah-SEERT	0.067%	72.9%
173	besser	better	BEH-ser	0.067%	72.9%
174	wieso	why	VEE-zoh	0.067%	73.0%
175	suchen	to search	ZOO-khuhn	0.066%	73.1%
176	kriegen	to get	KREE-guhn	0.066%	73.1%
177	töten	to kill	TUH-tuhn	0.066%	73.2%
178	heißen	to be called	HEYE-suhn	0.066%	73.3%
179	sterben	to die	SHTEHR-buhn	0.066%	73.3%
180	dieses	this (n)	DEE-zuhs	0.066%	73.4%
181	selbst	self/even	zehlpst	0.065%	73.5%
182	ohne	without	OH-nuh	0.064%	73.5%
183	bekommen	to get	buh-KAW-muhn	0.063%	73.6%
184	stimmen	to be right/to vote	SHTIH-muhn	0.063%	73.7%
185	her	here (toward speaker)	hayr	0.063%	73.7%
186	laufen	to run/walk	LOW-fuhn	0.063%	73.8%
187	anderen	other	AHN-duh-ruhn	0.062%	73.8%
188	Nacht	night	nahkht	0.061%	73.9%
189	holen	to fetch	HOH-luhn	0.061%	74.0%
190	diesen	this (m/pl)	DEE-zuhn	0.060%	74.0%
191	gute	good	GOO-tuh	0.060%	74.1%
192	Scheiße	shit (vulgar)	SHEYE-suh	0.060%	74.2%
193	lange	long (time)	LAH-nguh	0.060%	74.2%
194	natürlich	naturally	nah-TEWR-lihkh	0.060%	74.3%
195	essen	to eat	EH-suhn	0.059%	74.3%
196	ach	oh	ahkh	0.059%	74.4%
197	gar	at all	gahr	0.059%	74.4%
198	versuchen	to try	fehr-ZOO-khuhn	0.059%	74.5%
199	stellen	to place	SHTEH-luhn	0.059%	74.6%
200	treffen	to meet	TREH-fuhn	0.058%	74.6%
201	ins	into the	ihns	0.058%	74.7%
202	rufen	to call out	ROO-fuhn	0.058%	74.7%
203	dort	there	dawrt	0.058%	74.8%
204	weiter	further	VEYE-ter	0.057%	74.9%
205	seit	since	zeyet	0.057%	74.9%
206	fallen	to fall	FAH-luhn	0.056%	75.0%
207	gleich	same/right away	gleyekh	0.056%	75.0%
208	recht	right	rehkht	0.056%	75.1%
209	arbeiten	to work	AHR-beye-tuhn	0.056%	75.1%
210	ihren	her/their (m/pl)	EE-ruhn	0.055%	75.2%
211	richtig	correct	RIHKH-tihkh	0.055%	75.2%
212	Ordnung	order	AWRD-nuung	0.055%	75.3%
213	vom	from the	fawm	0.055%	75.4%
214	vergessen	to forget	fehr-GEH-suhn	0.055%	75.4%
215	davon	of it	dah-FAWN	0.055%	75.5%
216	dafür	for it	dah-FEWR	0.054%	75.5%
217	diesem	this (m/n)	DEE-zuhm	0.053%	75.6%
218	wegen	because of	VAY-guhn	0.053%	75.6%
219	zeigen	to show	TSEYE-guhn	0.053%	75.7%
220	Dingen	things	DIH-nguhn	0.053%	75.7%
221	Mädchen	girl	MEHD-khuhn	0.052%	75.8%
222	hin	there (away from speaker)	hihn	0.052%	75.8%
223	Abend	evening	AH-buhnt	0.051%	75.9%
224	viele	many	FEE-luh	0.051%	75.9%
225	drei	three	dreye	0.050%	76.0%
226	Freund	friend	FRAW-uhnt	0.050%	76.0%
227	Sorgen	worries	ZAWR-guhn	0.050%	76.1%
228	guten	good	GOO-tuhn	0.050%	76.1%
229	unser	our (m/n)	UUN-zer	0.050%	76.2%
230	Menschen	people	MEHN-shuhn	0.049%	76.2%
231	Angst	fear	ahngst	0.049%	76.3%
232	rein	in/pure	reyen	0.048%	76.3%
233	zusammen	together	tsoo-ZAH-muhn	0.048%	76.4%
234	Welt	world	vehlt	0.048%	76.4%
235	unter	under	UUN-ter	0.048%	76.5%
236	schnell	fast	shnehl	0.048%	76.5%
237	andere	other	AHN-duh-ruh	0.047%	76.6%
238	schaffen	to manage/create	SHAH-fuhn	0.047%	76.6%
239	tot	dead	toht	0.047%	76.7%
240	schlafen	to sleep	SHLAH-fuhn	0.047%	76.7%
241	fühlen	to feel	FEW-luhn	0.047%	76.8%
242	erst	only/first	ayrst	0.046%	76.8%
243	Kinder	children	KIHN-der	0.046%	76.9%
244	liegen	to lie (down)	LEE-guhn	0.045%	76.9%
245	ganze	whole	GAHN-tsuh	0.045%	76.9%
246	genug	enough	guh-NOOK	0.045%	77.0%
247	ziehen	to pull	TSEE-uhn	0.045%	77.0%
248	gegen	against	GAY-guhn	0.044%	77.1%
249	Moment	moment	moh-MEHNT	0.044%	77.1%
250	Junge	boy	YUU-nguh	0.044%	77.2%
251	sonst	otherwise	zawnst	0.044%	77.2%
252	schauen	to look	SHOW-uhn	0.043%	77.3%
253	setzen	to set/sit	ZEH-tsuhn	0.043%	77.3%
254	Männer	men	MEH-ner	0.043%	77.3%
255	Musik	music	moo-ZEEK	0.043%	77.4%
256	Arbeit	work	AHR-beyet	0.043%	77.4%
257	ihrer	her/their (f)	EE-rer	0.042%	77.5%
258	Herr	mister/lord	hehr	0.042%	77.5%
259	dabei	in doing so	dah-BEYE	0.042%	77.6%
260	Familie	family	fah-MEE-lih-uh	0.041%	77.6%
261	Sohn	son	zohn	0.041%	77.6%
262	Stunden	hours	SHTUUN-duhn	0.041%	77.7%
263	niemand	nobody	NEE-mahnt	0.041%	77.7%
264	erzählen	to tell	ehr-TSEH-luhn	0.041%	77.8%
265	sofort	immediately	zoh-FAWRT	0.041%	77.8%
266	bevor	before	buh-FOHR	0.041%	77.8%
267	Jahre	years	YAH-ruh	0.040%	77.9%
268	einmal	once	EYEN-mahl	0.040%	77.9%
269	Problem	problem	proh-BLAYM	0.040%	78.0%
270	wann	when	vahn	0.039%	78.0%
271	fertig	finished	FEHR-tihkh	0.039%	78.0%
272	halt	just/stop	hahlt	0.039%	78.1%
273	allein	alone	ah-LEYEN	0.039%	78.1%
274	beim	at the	beyem	0.039%	78.2%
275	beide	both	BEYE-duh	0.038%	78.2%
276	gefunden	found	guh-FUUN-duhn	0.038%	78.2%
277	enden	to end	EHN-duhn	0.038%	78.3%
278	Sache	thing/matter	ZAH-khuh	0.038%	78.3%
279	Hilfe	help	HIHL-fuh	0.038%	78.3%
280	nennen	to name	NEH-nuhn	0.038%	78.4%
281	verdammt	damn	fehr-DAHMT	0.038%	78.4%
282	ne	no (informal)	nay	0.038%	78.5%
283	jeder	every (m)	YAY-der	0.038%	78.5%
284	gern	gladly	gehrn	0.038%	78.5%
285	passen	to fit	PAH-suhn	0.037%	78.6%
286	darüber	about it	dah-REW-ber	0.037%	78.6%
287	Freunden	friends	FRAW-uhn-duhn	0.037%	78.6%
288	Jahren	years	YAH-ruhn	0.037%	78.7%
289	Kind	child	kihnt	0.037%	78.7%
290	wahr	true	vahr	0.037%	78.8%
291	trinken	to drink	TRIHNG-kuhn	0.036%	78.8%
292	dazu	to it	dah-TSOO	0.036%	78.8%
293	Bruder	brother	BROO-der	0.036%	78.9%
294	daran	on it	dah-RAHN	0.036%	78.9%
295	ihrem	her/their (m/n)	EE-ruhm	0.036%	78.9%
296	schreiben	to write	SHREYE-buhn	0.035%	79.0%
297	lieber	rather	LEE-ber	0.035%	79.0%
298	entschuldigen	to excuse	ehn-CHUUL-dih-guhn	0.035%	79.0%
299	egal	doesn't matter	ay-GAHL	0.035%	79.1%
300	erinnern	to remind/remember	eh-RIH-nern	0.035%	79.1%
301	hoffen	to hope	HAW-fuhn	0.034%	79.1%
302	echt	real	ehkht	0.034%	79.2%
303	eigentlich	actually	EYE-guhnt-lihkh	0.034%	79.2%
304	jeden	every (m)	YAY-duhn	0.034%	79.2%
305	Uhr	clock/o'clock	oor	0.033%	79.3%
306	Stadt	city	shtaht	0.033%	79.3%
307	Baby	baby	BAY-ih-bee	0.033%	79.3%
308	Namen	name	NAH-muhn	0.033%	79.4%
309	schicken	to send	SHIH-kuhn	0.032%	79.4%
310	Kopf	head	kawpf	0.032%	79.4%
311	verlassen	to leave	fehr-LAH-suhn	0.032%	79.5%
312	sitzen	to sit	ZIH-tsuhn	0.032%	79.5%
313	hi	hi	heye	0.032%	79.5%
314	später	later	SHPEH-ter	0.032%	79.6%
315	Glück	luck	glewk	0.032%	79.6%
316	letzte	last	LEHTS-tuh	0.032%	79.6%
317	schlagen	to hit	SHLAH-guhn	0.032%	79.7%
318	darauf	on it	dah-ROWF	0.031%	79.7%
319	bald	soon	bahlt	0.031%	79.7%
320	toll	great	tawl	0.031%	79.8%
321	lernen	to learn	LEHR-nuhn	0.031%	79.8%
322	Minuten	minutes	mee-NOO-tuhn	0.030%	79.8%
323	vielen	many	FEE-luhn	0.030%	79.9%
324	bereit	ready	buh-REYET	0.030%	79.9%
325	retten	to save/rescue	REH-tuhn	0.030%	79.9%
326	weit	far	veyet	0.030%	79.9%
327	Ahnung	idea/clue	AH-nuung	0.030%	80.0%
328	bisschen	a little	BIHS-khuhn	0.030%	80.0%
329	Tür	door	tewr	0.030%	80.0%
330	landen	to land	LAHN-duhn	0.030%	80.1%
331	Auto	car	OW-toh	0.030%	80.1%
332	kaufen	to buy	KOW-fuhn	0.030%	80.1%
333	lesen	to read	LAY-zuhn	0.029%	80.2%
334	Jungs	boys	yuungs	0.029%	80.2%
335	eure	your (pl, f/pl)	AW-uh-ruh	0.029%	80.2%
336	anrufen	to call (phone)	AHN-roo-fuhn	0.029%	80.2%
337	Augen	eyes	OW-guhn	0.029%	80.3%
338	Polizei	police	poh-lee-TSEYE	0.029%	80.3%
339	draußen	outside	DROW-suhn	0.029%	80.3%
340	tragen	to carry/wear	TRAH-guhn	0.029%	80.4%
341	verschwinden	to disappear	fehr-SHVIHN-duhn	0.029%	80.4%
342	fast	almost	fahst	0.029%	80.4%
343	ruhen	to rest	ROO-uhn	0.028%	80.4%
344	runter	down	RUUN-ter	0.028%	80.5%
345	legen	to lay/put	LAY-guhn	0.028%	80.5%
346	vorbei	over/past	fohr-BEYE	0.028%	80.5%
347	gerne	gladly	GEHR-nuh	0.028%	80.6%
348	dran	on it/turn	drahn	0.028%	80.6%
349	scheinen	to seem/shine	SHEYE-nuhn	0.028%	80.6%
350	verrückt	crazy	fehr-REWKT	0.028%	80.6%
351	neue	new	NAW-uh-uh	0.028%	80.7%
352	hinter	behind	HIHN-ter	0.027%	80.7%
353	kümmern	to take care of	KEW-mern	0.027%	80.7%
354	einzige	only (one)	EYEN-tsih-guh	0.027%	80.7%
355	jemanden	someone	YAY-mahn-duhn	0.027%	80.8%
356	darum	that's why	dah-RUUM	0.027%	80.8%
357	Herzen	hearts	HEHR-tsuhn	0.027%	80.8%
358	Tochter	daughter	TAWKH-ter	0.027%	80.9%
359	planen	to plan	PLAH-nuhn	0.027%	80.9%
360	Idee	idea	ee-DAY	0.027%	80.9%
361	Schwester	sister	SHVEHS-ter	0.027%	80.9%
362	drin	inside	dreen	0.027%	81.0%
363	ruhig	calm	ROO-ihkh	0.027%	81.0%
364	ganzen	whole	GAHN-tsuhn	0.027%	81.0%
365	spät	late	shpeht	0.027%	81.0%
366	ziemlich	quite	TSEEM-lihkh	0.027%	81.1%
367	Name	name	NAH-muh	0.026%	81.1%
368	sogar	even	zoh-GAHR	0.026%	81.1%
369	kurz	short	KUU-erts	0.026%	81.1%
370	fangen	to catch	FAH-nguhn	0.026%	81.2%
371	Kerl	guy	kehrl	0.026%	81.2%
372	Frauen	women	FROW-uhn	0.026%	81.2%
373	je	ever/each	yay	0.026%	81.3%
374	woher	from where	voh-HAYR	0.026%	81.3%
375	lang	long	lahng	0.026%	81.3%
376	Job	job	jahb	0.026%	81.3%
377	überhaupt	at all	ew-ber-HOWPT	0.026%	81.4%
378	beten	to pray	BAY-tuhn	0.026%	81.4%
379	Teufel	devil	TAW-uh-fuhl	0.025%	81.4%
380	verloren	lost	fehr-LOH-ruhn	0.025%	81.4%
381	große	big	GROH-suh	0.025%	81.5%
382	Hand	hand	hahnt	0.025%	81.5%
383	Grund	reason	gruunt	0.025%	81.5%
384	Jahr	year	yahr	0.025%	81.5%
385	orten	to locate	AWR-tuhn	0.025%	81.6%
386	Mama	mom	MAH-mah	0.025%	81.6%
387	reichen	to be enough	REYE-khuhn	0.025%	81.6%
388	verlieren	to lose	fehr-LEE-ruhn	0.025%	81.6%
389	Tod	death	toht	0.025%	81.7%
390	führen	to lead	FEW-ruhn	0.025%	81.7%
391	oben	above	OH-buhn	0.025%	81.7%
392	gestern	yesterday	GEHS-tern	0.025%	81.7%
393	Art	kind/way	ahrt	0.025%	81.8%
394	letzten	last	LEHTS-tuhn	0.025%	81.8%
395	Schatz	treasure/darling	shahts	0.025%	81.8%
396	endlich	finally	EHNT-lihkh	0.025%	81.8%
397	he	hey	hay	0.025%	81.9%
398	etwa	about/perhaps	EH-tvah	0.024%	81.9%
399	erzählt	tells	ehr-TSEHLT	0.024%	81.9%
400	gefallen	to please/like	guh-FAH-luhn	0.024%	81.9%
401	schwer	heavy/difficult	shvayr	0.024%	82.0%
402	anders	different	AHN-ders	0.024%	82.0%
403	Freundin	girlfriend	FRAW-uhn-dihn	0.024%	82.0%
404	fünf	five	fewnf	0.024%	82.0%
405	Wasser	water	VAH-ser	0.024%	82.0%
406	erste	first	AYRS-tuh	0.024%	82.1%
407	versucht	tries	fehr-ZOOKHT	0.024%	82.1%
408	klingen	to sound	KLIH-nguhn	0.024%	82.1%
409	Geschichte	story/history	guh-SHIHKH-tuh	0.024%	82.1%
410	wenig	little	VAY-nihkh	0.024%	82.2%
411	wünschen	to wish	VEWN-shuhn	0.024%	82.2%
412	hassen	to hate	HAH-suhn	0.024%	82.2%
413	bedeutet	means	buh-DAW-uh-tuht	0.024%	82.2%
414	nett	nice	neht	0.024%	82.3%
415	Wahrheit	truth	VAHR-heyet	0.024%	82.3%
416	Woche	week	VAW-khuh	0.024%	82.3%
417	deshalb	therefore	dehs-HAHLP	0.023%	82.3%
418	eben	just/exactly	AY-buhn	0.023%	82.4%
419	welche	which (f/pl)	VEHL-khuh	0.023%	82.4%
420	bestimmt	certainly	buh-SHTIHMT	0.023%	82.4%
421	hoch	high	hohkh	0.023%	82.4%
422	stecken	to stick/be stuck	SHTEH-kuhn	0.023%	82.5%
423	Alter	age/dude	AHL-ter	0.023%	82.5%
424	beweisen	to prove	buh-VEYE-zuhn	0.023%	82.5%
425	ah	ah	ah	0.023%	82.5%
426	eigenen	own	EYE-guh-nuhn	0.023%	82.5%
427	Zimmer	room	TSIH-mer	0.023%	82.6%
428	lachen	to laugh	LAH-khuhn	0.023%	82.6%
429	lügen	to lie	LEW-guhn	0.023%	82.6%
430	Wagen	car/wagon	VAH-guhn	0.023%	82.6%
431	vier	four	feer	0.023%	82.7%
432	Spaß	fun	shpahs	0.023%	82.7%
433	niemals	never	NEE-mahls	0.023%	82.7%
434	Schuld	guilt/fault	shuult	0.022%	82.7%
435	beste	best	BEHS-tuh	0.022%	82.7%
436	ernst	serious	ehrnst	0.022%	82.8%
437	unserer	our (f)	UUN-zuh-rer	0.022%	82.8%
438	denen	those/whom	day-nuhn	0.022%	82.8%
439	manchmal	sometimes	MAHNKH-mahl	0.022%	82.8%
440	Seite	side/page	ZEYE-tuh	0.022%	82.9%
441	zwischen	between	TSVIH-shuhn	0.022%	82.9%
442	während	during/while	VEH-ruhnt	0.022%	82.9%
443	heiraten	to marry	heye-RAH-tuhn	0.022%	82.9%
444	ersten	first	AYRS-tuhn	0.022%	82.9%
445	guter	good	GOO-ter	0.022%	83.0%
446	Chance	chance	SHAHN-suh	0.022%	83.0%
447	freuen	to be glad	FRAW-uh-uhn	0.021%	83.0%
448	gefällt	likes/pleases	guh-FEHLT	0.021%	83.0%
449	anderes	other	AHN-duh-ruhs	0.021%	83.0%
450	wichtig	important	VIHKH-tihkh	0.021%	83.1%
451	allen	all	AH-luhn	0.021%	83.1%
452	vertrauen	to trust	fehrt-ROW-uhn	0.021%	83.1%
453	Sachen	things	ZAH-khuhn	0.021%	83.1%
454	filmen	to film	FIHL-muhn	0.021%	83.2%
455	schlecht	bad	shlehkht	0.021%	83.2%
456	Schule	school	SHOO-luh	0.021%	83.2%
457	Entschuldigung	sorry/excuse	ehn-CHUUL-dih-guung	0.021%	83.2%
458	Wort	word	vawrt	0.020%	83.2%
459	Wiedersehen	goodbye (auf Wiedersehen)	vee-der-ZAY-uhn	0.020%	83.3%
460	Typ	guy/type	tewp	0.020%	83.3%
461	wohnen	to live/reside	VOH-nuhn	0.020%	83.3%
462	äh	uh	eh	0.020%	83.3%
463	tu	do (imperative)	too	0.020%	83.3%
464	euer	your (pl, m/n)	AW-uh-er	0.020%	83.4%
465	Gesicht	face	guh-ZIHKHT	0.020%	83.4%
466	falls	in case	fahls	0.020%	83.4%
467	neuen	new	NAW-uh-uhn	0.020%	83.4%
468	bloß	just/merely	blohs	0.020%	83.4%
469	unten	below	UUN-tuhn	0.020%	83.5%
470	Teil	part	teyel	0.020%	83.5%
471	beiden	both	BEYE-duhn	0.020%	83.5%
472	schließen	to close	SHLEE-suhn	0.020%	83.5%
473	geschehen	to happen	guh-SHAY-uhn	0.020%	83.5%
474	Mensch	person	mehnsh	0.019%	83.6%
475	oft	often	awft	0.019%	83.6%
476	gedacht	thought	guh-DAHKHT	0.019%	83.6%
477	folgen	to follow	FAWL-guhn	0.019%	83.6%
478	antworten	to answer	AHN-tvawr-tuhn	0.019%	83.6%
479	einige	some	EYE-nih-guh	0.019%	83.6%
480	dies	this	dees	0.019%	83.7%
481	unseren	our (m/pl)	UUN-zuh-ruhn	0.019%	83.7%
482	schreien	to scream	SHREYE-uhn	0.019%	83.7%
483	Blut	blood	bloot	0.019%	83.7%
484	ehrlich	honest	AYR-lihkh	0.019%	83.7%
485	Eltern	parents	EHL-tern	0.019%	83.8%
486	glücklich	happy	GLEW-klihkh	0.019%	83.8%
487	fliegen	to fly	FLEE-guhn	0.019%	83.8%
488	alte	old	AHL-tuh	0.019%	83.8%
489	kämpfen	to fight	KEHM-pfuhn	0.019%	83.8%
490	alt	old	ahlt	0.018%	83.9%
491	frei	free	freye	0.018%	83.9%
492	aufhören	to stop	OWF-huh-ruhn	0.018%	83.9%
493	wen	whom	vayn	0.018%	83.9%
494	drauf	on it	drowf	0.018%	83.9%
495	süßen	sweet	ZEW-suhn	0.018%	83.9%
496	möglich	possible	MUH-klihkh	0.018%	84.0%
497	irgendwie	somehow	ihr-guhnd-VEE	0.018%	84.0%
498	Zeugen	witnesses	TSAW-uh-guhn	0.018%	84.0%
499	fest	firm/solid	fehst	0.018%	84.0%
500	besten	best	BEHS-tuhn	0.018%	84.0%

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