soeben
German, adverb/zoːˈʔeːbən/
soeben is spelled S-O-E-B-E-N (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soeben is a German adverb meaning “just now, quite recently (moments ago)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unmittelbar davor/zuvor”.
What does soeben mean in English?
adverb
- 1
just now, quite recently (moments ago)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. unmittelbar davor/zuvor 2. in diesem Moment
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce soeben?
- /zoːˈʔeːbən/
- [zoˈʔeːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soeben in German?
soeben appears 18 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).