Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #96
Word (Wort)

vielleicht

Translation (Übersetzung) maybe, perhaps
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /fiˈlaɪçt/
A1
Adverbs
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common adverb possibility uncertainty
Adverb meaning 'maybe' or 'perhaps'. Expresses uncertainty or possibility. Ninety-sixth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Vielleicht komme ich später.
Maybe I'll come later.
uncertainty
Ich komme vielleicht.
I'm maybe coming.
possibility
Kommst du vielleicht mit?
Are you maybe coming along?
question
Vielleicht auch nicht.
Maybe not either.
negation

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
vielleicht auch
maybe also, perhaps also
High frequency
vielleicht mal
maybe sometime, perhaps once
High frequency
vielleicht nicht
maybe not, perhaps not
High frequency
Synonyms (Synonyme)
möglicherweise High similarity
Possibly, perhaps (more formal)
eventuell High similarity
Possibly, maybe (more formal)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
sicher
Certainly, sure (opposite)
bestimmt
Definitely, certainly (opposite)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

möglicherweise eventuell sicher Adverb

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