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Top 100 German Words Every Beginner Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most frequent 100 words in German cover a huge portion of everyday conversation. Learning these first gives you the biggest return on your study time.

#WordTranslation
1diethe (feminine/plural)
2derthe (masculine)
3undand
4inin, into
5denthe (masculine accusative/dative plural)
6vonfrom, of
7zuto, too
8dasthe (neuter); that
9nichtnot
10istis
11eina, an (masculine/neuter)
12esit
13mitwith
14sichoneself (reflexive pronoun)
15aufon, upon, onto
16fürfor
17einea, an (feminine)
18ichI
19werdento become; will (auxiliary)
20anat, on, to
21erhe
22hathas
23auchalso, too
24dassthat (conjunction)
25sieshe, they, you (formal)
26nachafter, to, according to
27beiat, near, with
28nochstill, yet
29wiehow, like, as
30demthe (masculine/neuter dative)
31soso, such, like this
32oderor
33aberbut, however
34waswhat
35ausfrom, out of
36habento have
37nuronly, just
38umaround, at (time), in order to
39überover, above, about
40manone, you (impersonal)
41dathere, since, because
42warwas
43schonalready
44wennif, when
45wirwe
46seinto be; his
47mehrmore
48amat the (contraction of an + dem)
49kanncan, is able to
50einema, an (masculine/neuter dative)
51imin the (contraction of in + dem)
52duyou (informal singular)
53dannthen
54dochbut, yet, after all
55einerone, a (genitive/dative feminine)
56alleall, everyone
57zumto the (contraction of zu + dem)
58alsas, when, than
59dortthere
60sehrvery
61Jahryear
62diesethis, these
63bisuntil, to, by
64vorbefore, in front of, ago
65zwischenbetween
66jetztnow
67könnento be able to, can
68wiederagain
69wowhere
70hierhere
71weilbecause
72gibtgives; there is (es gibt)
73gegenagainst, around (time)
74gutgood, well
75immeralways
76mussmust, has to
77keinno, not a
78neuenew
79werwho
80sagento say
81machento make, to do
82großebig, large, great
83dennbecause, for; then (in questions)
84ihreher, their, your (formal)
85ganzquite, entirely, whole
86erstefirst
87durchthrough
88vielmuch, a lot
89seinehis
90mirme (dative)
91meinmy
92desof the (masculine/neuter genitive)
93andereother, another
94wollento want
95müssento have to, must
96ohnewithout
97zweitwo
98Zeittime
99einmalonce, one time
100wissento know (a fact)

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