Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #21
Word (Wort)

es

Translation (Übersetzung) it
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /ɛs/
A1
Pronouns
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common neuter pronoun personal
Third person singular neuter pronoun. Also used in impersonal constructions. Twenty-first most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Das Buch ist gut. Es ist interessant.
The book is good. It is interesting.
referring to neuter noun
Es regnet heute.
It is raining today.
impersonal construction
Es gibt viele Bücher hier.
There are many books here.
impersonal construction
Ich sehe es.
I see it.
accusative object

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
es gibt
there is, there are
High frequency
es ist
it is
High frequency
es regnet
it is raining
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
es geht
it's okay, it works
Expressing that something is acceptable or functioning
es tut mir leid
I'm sorry
Apologizing or expressing regret

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

er sie das Pronomen

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