German adverbs don’t demand attention-they just quietly shape your meaning. Without them, you can’t say when you’ll arrive (bald), how you feel (leider), or where you put your keys (dort). This list hands you around 500 of the most common German adverbs you’ll bump into in everyday conversation, from casual chats to news headlines.
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| Word | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Abbildung | Other | depiction, representation |
| abgesehen | Other | except for a few mistakes... |
| abhauen | Verb | cut down, fell |
| absichtlich | Adjective | intentional, deliberate, willful, intended, wilful |
| Abwasch | Other | dishwashing, washing-up |
| Adam | Other | Adam |
| aha | Other | aha! oh I see! |
| Akte | Other | file, record, dossier |
| allgemein | Adjective | general, common |
| anerkannt | Other | acknowledged, recognized -s-, admitted |
| Anführer | Other | leader, head, boss |
| angegriffen | Other | exhausted, weary, tired out |
| angenommen | Other | assumed |
| angetan | Other | apt, calculated |
| Anleitung | Other | instruction, training, teaching |
| anschalten | Verb | switch on |
| Antike | Other | classical antiquity, ancient world |
| Anwendung | Other | use, utilization -s-, employment, application |
| Apfelkuchen | Other | apple cake |
| Architektur | Other | architecture |
| Argentinien | Other | Argentina |
| Armbanduhr | Other | wristwatch, watch |
| Athlet | Other | athlete |
| au | Other | ouch! ow! |
| aufschreiben | Verb | make out |
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