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The 100 most common adjectives in German đŸ‡©đŸ‡Ș

German adjectives ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.

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1anderSee anderer.
2gutgood
3neunew
4wollenwool, woolen, woollen
5großbig, large, large-scale
6weitwide
7ganzentire, whole, complete
8deutschGerman
9hochhigh, tall
10eigenown, peculiar or private to someone, idiosyncratic, proper or proprietary
11kleinsmall, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
12weniglittle, few
13altold
14wichtigimportant, relevant, significant, weighty
15einfacheasy
16langlong, lengthy
17politischpolitical
18gleichequal
19natĂŒrlichnatural, normal
20möglichpossible
21spÀtlate
22starkstrong
23geradeeven
24nahnear , close, nearby
25wirklichreal
26kurzshort, brief
27verschiedendeceased
28jungyoung
29meistsuperlative degree of viel , most
30schnellquick, fast
31garcooked, done
32genauexact
33richtigcorrect, accurate, right
34sozialsocial
35schönbeautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome
36öffentlichpublic
37internationalinternational
38deutlicharticulate, clear
39klarclear, transparent, bright
40europÀischEuropean
41gemeinsamcommon, mutual, shared
42rechtright
43sichersafe, secure
44schwerheavy, weighty
45bestimmtcertain
46einzelnsingle, lone
47folgendfollowing, subsequent
48freifree, unenslaved, unimprisoned
49entsprechendcorresponding
50leichtlight
51alleinalone
52ebenflat, smooth, even
53einzigonly, sole
54allgemeingeneral , universal
55frĂŒhearly
56direktdirect, straight, without deviation or interruption
57vollfull, filled
58festfirm, compact, hard
59schlechtbad, evil, wicked
60rundround, rounded, similar as in English, especially:
61tatsÀchlichactual, real, factual
62persönlichpersonal
63lieblovable, dear, darling, sweet, good-hearted, kind
64nÀmlichsame, either the same object or sometimes just the same type of object
65völligcomplete, total, utter
66unterschiedlichdifferent, differing, varying
67offenopen
68hÀufigfrequent
69notwendignecessary, essential, indispensable + accusative)
70Ă€hnlichsimilar , alike, resembling
71wesentlichsignificant
72bekanntknown, familiar + accusative)
73gesamttotal, whole, entire, overall, big
74gewißFormerly standard spelling of gewiss which was deprecated in the spelling reform of 1996.
75aktuellcurrent, currently in action, live
76zusÀtzlichadditional, extra, supplementary
77gleichzeitigsimultaneous, concurrent, coincident, concomitant
78endlichfinite, limited
79tiefdeep
80lautloud, noisy
81geringlittle, low
82falschfalse, unfactual, untrue
83menschlichhuman, manlike
84reinpure, clear, plain
85technischtechnical
86nationalnational
87wirtschaftlicheconomical
88positivpositive
89privatprivate
90amerikanischAmerican
91erfolgreichsuccessful
92gesellschaftlichsocial
93wissenschaftlichscientific
94seltenrare, infrequent, uncommon, scarce
95wahrtrue, real
96vorhandenavailable, existing
97historischhistorical, historic
98zahlreichnumerous
99plötzlichsudden
100sogenanntso-called

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