kaum

/kaʊ̯m/

adverb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. hardly, barely, scarcely

Similar words

Similar in other languages

English

barely

barely is the English word for the same thing — both mean "hardly, barely."

Practice

1 What does kaum mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich kann es ___ glauben.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches kaum?

See also

adverbcore-vocabulary

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