Polyglot Dictionary

zumindest

/tsuˈmɪndɛst/

adverb B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. at least

    Close to wenigstens, largely interchangeable.

    • Zumindest hat er es versucht.

      At least he tried.

Similar words

immerhin

immerhin has an extra concessive sense, "after all"; zumindest is purely "at least."

mindestens

mindestens is more quantitative or numeric, like "at least five"; zumindest is more qualitative or concessive.

wenigstens

wenigstens and zumindest both mean "at least"; largely interchangeable, with wenigstens slightly more common in everyday speech.

Similar in other languages

French

au moins

au moins is the French word for the same thing — both mean "at least."

Practice

1 What does zumindest mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ hat er es versucht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zumindest?

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