doch

but, yet, after all

The 67th most frequent word in German, appearing about 1,388 times per million words.

Type

adverb

Frequency rank

#67

Per million words

1,388

A flavouring particle with no direct English equivalent. It contradicts ('yes I did!') or softens a request. Doch also answers 'no' questions positively.

In a sentence

Related words

Other words of the same kind, at nearby frequency:

• wieder again
• nun now, well
• schon already
• jetzt now
• immer always
• hier here

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