Vocabulary
kaum
/kaʊ̯m/· adverb
hardly, barely
Ich habe kaum geschlafen — the sentence after every night before an exam.
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kaum
hardly, barely
Ich habe kaum Zeit.
I hardly have any time.
Common combinations
- kaum Zeit habento hardly have time
- kaum zu glaubenhard to believe
- kaum nochhardly any more
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
fast nichtselten
Real examples
- Ich habe heute Nacht kaum geschlafen.I hardly slept last night.
- Es ist kaum zu glauben, aber es stimmt.It's hard to believe, but it's true.
- Im Dorf gibt es kaum noch Geschäfte.There are hardly any shops left in the village.
