umsonst

B1 Adverb frequency rank #2,326

What umsonst means

Adverb

free of charge, gratis
in vain, without success
for nothing; for the sake of doing it (without expecting reply)

Pronunciation

umsonst in a sentence

Warum zahlen, wenn man es umsonst bekommen kann?

Why pay when you can get it for free?

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umsonst is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #2,326 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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