The 1,000 most frequent English words

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  1. 1theA1articleder, die, das
  2. 2toA1prepositionzu, in, derв, к, нав, до, наIn the direction of; towards.
  3. 3andA1conjunctionund, sowieи, а, ноі, та, йUsed simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
  4. 4ofA1prepositionvon, der, ausиз, о, обз, до, проFrom (a place); off.
  5. 5inA1prepositionin, von, imв, за, черезв, у, воContained by; inside.
  6. 6forA1prepositionfür, zu, nachна, к, дляна, до, дляTowards; in the direction of.
  7. 7thatA1conjunctiondassчтощоIntroducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially a reporting verb or verb expressing belief, knowledge, perception, etc.
  8. 8youA1pronounSie, du, euchвы, ты, васви, вас, тиThe people spoken, or written to, as an object.
  9. 9itA1pronounes, sie, erэто, он, онаце, воноThe third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
  10. 10onA1prepositionauf, an, beiна, в, снаPositioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
  11. 11withA1prepositionmit, gegen, beiсз, із, зіAgainst.
  12. 12thisA1determinerdieser, folgendэтот, это, этице, цей, ціThe (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
  13. 13beA1verbsein, werden, sich befindenбыть, это, равнобути, знаходитисяUsed with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
  14. 14asA2conjunctionda, denn, weilиз-за того, что, потому чтотому що, через те, щоIn the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
  15. 15areA1nounар, эрAn accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.
  16. 16haveA1verbhaben, besitzen, seinу меня, у тебя, иметьу /в мене, мати, у /в тебеTo possess, own.
  17. 17atA1prepositionzu, bei, inв, на, пов, у, оIn, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
  18. 18heA1nounThe game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
  19. 19notA1adverbnet, nicht, nitненеNegates the meaning of the modified verb.
  20. 20byA1prepositionbei, von, nebenу, около, кдо, на, заNear or next to.
  21. 21butA1conjunctionaber, als, aber trotzdemно, только, аале, а, крімHowever, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
  22. 22fromA1prepositionvon, aus, vorот, с, изз, відUsed to indicate source or provenance.
  23. 23myA1determinermeinмой, моя, моимійBelonging to me.
  24. 24orA1conjunctionoderили, либо, чиабо, чиConnects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
  25. 25weA1pronounwir, mir, miaмымиExcluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.)
  26. 26anA1articleein, eineUsed before a vowel sound.
  27. 27yourA1determinerIhr, dein, euerвашвашBelonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
  28. 28allA2adverbganz, völlig, totalсовсем, полностьюпрямо, праворуч, добреWholly; entirely; completely; totally.
  29. 29soA2adverbso, sehrтак, оченьтак, дужеTo the (explicitly stated) extent.
  30. 30hisA1determinerseine, sein, nего, своййого, свійBelonging to him.
  31. 31theyA1pronounsie, manонивониA group of entities previously mentioned.
  32. 32meA1pronounich, mir, michя, мне, меняяAs the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.
  33. 33ifA1conjunctionwenn, wenn auch, fallsесли, ли, ежеликоли, якщоSupposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; suppositive used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.
  34. 34oneA1nounEinsединицатип, вид, рідThe digit or figure 1.
  35. 35canA1verbkönnen, kündigen, abbrechenбыть в состоянии, уметь, мочьвміти, уміти, могтиTo know how to.
  36. 36willA1verbwerden, present tense form is often used, vermachenзавещатьspecial endingsUsed to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
  37. 37justA1adverbeinfach, nur, einfach nurтолько, просто, лишьсаме, щойноOnly, simply, merely.
  38. 38likeA1verbgern haben, gefallen, mögenнравиться, понравиться, любитьлюбити, подобатисяTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
  39. 39aboutA1adverbetwa, ungefährвокруг, туда-сюда, околонавколо, близько, приблизноOn all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
  40. 40upA1adjectiveauf, hoch, obenпрямой, вертикальный, честныйвертикальний, вертикальнаFacing upwards.
  41. 41outA1adjectiveschlecht, verdorben, ranzigвыкл., выключенный, гнилойзабороненийNot inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside
  42. 42whatA1determinerwas für, so, wasчто за, какой, какаятакийWhich, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
  43. 43whenA1adverbwann, als, wennкогдаколиAt what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
  44. 44moreB1adverbmehrбольше, более, ещёще, більше, більшTo a greater degree or extent.
  45. 45doA1verbtun, schon, jaделать, сделать, нечи, зробити, робитиA syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
  46. 46noA1particleneinнетніUsed to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
  47. 47whoA1pronoundie, der, dasкто, что, которыйхто, що, котрийWhat person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
  48. 48it'scontractiones istесть, это, имеетThere's, there is; there're, there are.
  49. 49theirA1determinerihr, ihre, sierих, ихнийїх, їхнійBelonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
  50. 50thereA1adverbda, dort, dahinесть, там, имеетсятам, тудиIn or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).
  51. 51herA1determinerihre, ihrеёїїBelonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
  52. 52whichA1pronounwelche, welches, welcherкоторыйWhat one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
  53. 53timeA1nounZeit, Mal, Zeitenвремя, раз, временачас, раз, годинаThe inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
  54. 54getA1verbholen, bekommen, werdenполучить, достать, получатьдістати, отримувати, діставатиTo obtain; to acquire.
  55. 55wouldA1verber sei sofort wieder da., In the winters, ob der Bus diesmal zu spät käme.что скоро вернется., пожалуйста, если бы ты не открыл окно!догоджати, годитиUsed to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
  56. 56sheA1pronounes, sieонивониThe female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
  57. 57newA1adjectiveneu, nai, neiновый, Нью-новийRecently made, or created.
  58. 58peopleA1nounVolk, Leute, Familieнарод, люди, нациянарод, націяPersons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
  59. 59howA1adverbwieкак, каким образом, насколькояк, як саме, наскількиTo what degree or extent.
  60. 60don'tverbненеDo not (negative auxiliary).
  61. 61someA1determinereinige, welche, ein paarнесколько, немного, какой-токілька, якийсь, який-небудьA nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.
  62. 62alsoA1adverbauchтакже, тожетакож, теж, так самоIn addition; besides; as well; further; too.
  63. 63themA1pronounsie, ihnenих, имїх, їмUsed as the direct object of a verb.
  64. 64nowA1adverbjetzt, nun, geradeсейчас, так, вотзараз, тепер, ниніAt the present time.
  65. 65otherA1adjectiveandere, anders, sonstigдругой, инойіншийSee other (determiner) below.
  66. 66itsA1determinersein, ihrего, её, своййого, її, свійBelonging to it.
  67. 67ourA1determinerunserнашнашBelonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).
  68. 68thanA1conjunctionUsed in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
  69. 69goodA1adjectivegut, schön, bravхороший, добрый, ловкийдобрий, хороший, гарнийActing in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
  70. 70onlyA1adverbnur, lediglich, alleinтолько, лишь, всеготільки, лишеWithout others or anything further; exclusively.
  71. 71afterA1prepositionnach, wegen, hinterпосле, из-за, запісля, позадуSubsequently to; following in time; later than.
  72. 72firstA1nounErste, NovumпервыйпершийThe person or thing in the first position.
  73. 73himA1pronounihm, ihnему, егойому, йогоWith dative effect or as an indirect object.
  74. 74intoA1prepositionin, gegen, nachв, нав, у, доTo or towards the inside of.
  75. 75knowA1verbwissen, können, wüsseзнать, понять, пониматьзнатиTo perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
  76. 76seeA1verbverstehen, sehen, schauenпонять, понимать, видетьзрозуміти, розуміти, бачитиTo perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
  77. 77twoA1nounZweiпара, двойка, двухлетнийдвійкаThe digit/figure 2.
  78. 78makeA1verbmachen, bauen, produzierenсделать, делать, изготовитьзробити, робити, виготовлятиTo build, construct, produce, or originate.
  79. 79overA1prepositionüber, durchна, за, надна, через, надAbove; higher than; further up than.
  80. 80thinkA1verbdenken, überlegen, nachdenkenдумать, обдумывать, мыслитьдумати, мислитиTo ponder, to go over in one's mind.
  81. 81anyA1adverbещёщеTo even the slightest extent; at all.
  82. 82thenA1adverbdann, danach, damalsтогда, потом, затемтоді, потім, тоAt that time.
  83. 83couldA1verbUsed as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
  84. 84backA1nounEnde, Hintergrund, Rückenзад, защитник, спиназад, захисник, спинкаThe rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
  85. 85usA1pronoununsнас, нам, наминас, намMe and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
  86. 86wantA1verbwollenжелать, пожелать, хотетьхотіти, бажатиTo wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
  87. 87becauseA1conjunctiondenn, da, weilпотому что, так как, ведьтак як, тому, тому щоBy or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
  88. 88goA1verbgehen, machen, ziehenходить, идти, ехатьйти, піти, їхатиTo move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
  89. 89wellA1nounQuelle, Brunnen, Bohrlochисточник, студенец, ключкриниця, джерело, колодязьA hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
  90. 90saidadjectivebesagtупомянутый, сказанныйвищезгаданийMentioned earlier; aforesaid.
  91. 91wayA1nounWeg, Art, Weiseпуть, дорога, способшлях, дорога, путьA road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
  92. 92mostA2adverb-ste, am ...-sten, -sterсамый, наиболее, пре-найбільш, най-Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
  93. 93muchA1adverbvielочень, гораздо, намногобагато, набагатоTo a great extent.
  94. 94veryA1adverbwahrlich, sehr, ganzочень, весьма, самыйдуже, вельмиTo a great extent or degree.
  95. 95whereA1adverbwo, wohin, woherгде, куда, откудаде, куди, звідкиIn, at or to what place.
  96. 96evenB1adjectiveeben, gleich, geradeровный, плоский, гладкийрівний, парнийFlat and level.
  97. 97shouldA1verbdürfen, sollte, sollenбудет, если, должно бытьслід, повинно, вартоUsed to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
  98. 98mayA1verbkönnen, mögen, dürfenможно, да ..., да будетнехай, хай, найTo be strong; to have power (over).
  99. 99hereA1adverbhier, her, hierherздесь, тут, сюдатут, сюдиIn, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
  100. 100needA1verbbrauchen, müssen, benötigenбыть нужным, нуждаться, требоватьсяпотребуватиTo have an absolute requirement for.
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