Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #90
Word (Wort)

mal

Translation (Übersetzung) time, once
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /maːl/
A1
Adverbs
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common adverb modal-particle frequency
Adverb meaning 'time' or 'once'. Used for frequency or as modal particle. Also used in multiplication. Ninetieth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich war einmal dort.
I was there once.
frequency
Zwei mal drei ist sechs.
Two times three is six.
multiplication
Komm mal her!
Come here!
modal particle
Mal sehen, was passiert.
Let's see what happens.
idiom

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
einmal
once, one time
High frequency
zweimal
twice, two times
High frequency
mal sehen
let's see
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
mal sehen
let's see
Expressing uncertainty or waiting to see
einmal ist keinmal
once doesn't count
Expressing that one occurrence is insignificant
Synonyms (Synonyme)
Zeit Medium similarity
Time (noun, different usage)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

einmal Zeit Mal Adverb

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