Vokabahn

eher

B1 Adverb frequency rank #286

What eher means

Adverb

  1. rather
  2. fairly, relatively, somewhat; expresses a weakened degree
  3. sooner, more readily, preferably; expresses a preference
  4. more precisely speaking, in fact, more like; used to replace a word or phrase with another

Pronunciation

eher in a sentence

Warum habt ihr uns das nicht eher gesagt?

Why didn't you tell us about this earlier?

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eher is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #286 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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