s

This is the 3781st most frequent German word.

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s

The German word "s" is a contraction of "es," meaning "it" in English.


The word 'es' here acts as a pronoun referring to an impersonal subject, 'it', related to the weather.

Ich mag es, wenn es regnet.

I like it when it rains.


'Es' functions as a placeholder subject used to introduce the existence of something, resembling 'there' in English.

Es gibt viele interessante Bücher in der Bibliothek.

There are many interesting books in the library.


Here, 'es' represents a generic pronoun used within the idiomatic phrase 'Wie geht es dir?' to refer to the act of feeling or being.

Wie geht es dir?

How are you?