“Unlocking Creativity: How the 80/20 Rule Can Transform Your Writing Process”
That sounds overwhelming. How could you ever learn 300,000 words? It would take a lifetime.
Yes, it would take a lifetime, but I guarantee you that most native German speakers don’t know all those words. The reason is because some words are more common than others. Some German words are extremely common, and others hardly ever get used.
And the 80/20 rule is a very good estimator for how many words are super common. 20% of the words get used about 80% of the time. The calculation I did above applies here. 1% of the words get used about 50% of the time.
