oft

Adv.; öfter, am öftesten often, frequently; schon oft auch many times, many a time lit.; wie oft muss ich dir noch sagen, dass ... how often do I have to tell you (that) ...; ziemlich oft quite often, quite a lot; das ist mir schon so oft passiert auch I don’t know how many times that’s happened to me

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often; frequently; oftentimes

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ọft [ɔft]

adv comp -er

['œftɐ] (rare) superl am -esten ['œftəstn] (= häufig) often, frequently; (= in kurzen Abständen) frequently

der Bus fährt nicht oft, die Bahn verkehrt öfter — the bus doesn't go very often, the train goes more often

schon so oft, oft genug — often enough

wie oft fährt der Bus? — how often or frequently does the bus go?

wie oft warst du schon in Deutschland? — how often or how many times have you been to Germany?

wie oft wir das schon gehört haben! — how often we've heard that!, how many times have we heard that before!

des Öfteren — quite often or frequently

je öfter ... — the more often ...

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(many times: I often go to the theatre; I should see him more often.) often

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oft

<öfter>

[ˈɔft]

adv often

des Öfteren frequently, on many occasions, quite often

\oft genug often enough; s.a. je, so, wie

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Adverb

öfter —; (selten)

öftest — often

wie oft soll ich dir noch sagen, dass ...? — how many [more] times do I have to tell you that ...?

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oft adv; öfter, am öftesten often, frequently;

schon oft auch many times, many a time liter;

wie oft muss ich dir noch sagen, dass … how often do I have to tell you (that) …;

ziemlich oft quite often, quite a lot;

das ist mir schon so oft passiert auch I don’t know how many times that’s happened to me

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Adverb

öfter —; (selten)

öftest — often

wie oft soll ich dir noch sagen, dass ...? — how many [more] times do I have to tell you that ...?

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adv.

frequently adv.

often adv.