eher — rather, earlier, sooner, more likely in German
adverbB1
Pronunciation
/ˈe:ɐ/
Quick Facts
Level
B1
Frequency
80/100
Source Rank
#317
Practice Path
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Example Sentences
Das ist eher unwahrscheinlich.
It's rather unlikely.
Je eher, desto besser.
The sooner, the better.
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Corpus Neighbors
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now, then
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with it, with that
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bereits
already
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etwa
about, approximately, roughly, for instance, for example
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dafür
for it, for this, for that
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allerdings
though, however, but, certainly, indeed
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