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The 200 most common adjectives in German 🇩🇪

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
19natürlichnatural, normal
20möglichpossible
21spätlate
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
40europäischEuropean
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
55frühearly
56direktdirect, straight, without deviation or interruption
57vollfull, filled
58festfirm, compact, hard
59schlechtbad, evil, wicked
60rundround, rounded, similar as in English, especially:
61tatsächlichactual, real, factual
62persönlichpersonal
63lieblovable, dear, darling, sweet, good-hearted, kind
64nämlichsame, either the same object or sometimes just the same type of object
65völligcomplete, total, utter
66unterschiedlichdifferent, differing, varying
67offenopen
68häufigfrequent
69notwendignecessary, essential, indispensable + accusative)
70ähnlichsimilar , 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
76zusätzlichadditional, 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
101interessantinteresting
102übrigrest of, remaining
103ständigpermanent, constant
104langsamslow
105vergangenpast, bygone
106praktischpractical
107konkrettangible
108engnarrow, tight
109heutigtoday's
110staatlichstate, government
111normalordinary, normal
112genanntcalled, mentioned, named
113weltweitworldwide
114wahrscheinlichlikely, probable, plausible
115bewußtFormerly standard spelling of bewusst which was deprecated in the spelling reform of 1996.
116schwierigdifficult, hard, challenging, tough
117aktivactive
118ehemaligformer, erstwhile
119speziellspecial
120echtauthentic, genuine, true
121halbhalf, halfway
122zunehmendincreasing, growing, mounting
123bereit, or auf ) ready
124relativrelative
125absolutabsolute
126künftigfuture
127zentralcentral
128breitbroad, wide
129früherformer, previous
130schwarzblack, reflecting little or no light
131knappscarce
132weißwhite
133unmittelbarimmediate, direct
134erneutrenewed
135grundsätzlichbased on principle
136bloßmere, sole
137nötignecessary
138täglichdaily
139erheblichconsiderable, substantial, significant
140unabhängigindependent
141offiziellofficial
142innerinner
143entscheidenddecisive
144vollständigcomplete
145französischFrench
146jeweiligrespective
147erforderlichnecessary, required, essential
148kritischcritical
149regelmäßigregular, according to the rule, expected, not forming an exception
150finanziellfinancial
151harthard
152individuellindividual
153offensichtlichobvious
154geeignetsuitable, appropriate
155kulturellcultural
156unbedingtabsolute
157offenbarapparent
158bisherigprevious, so far
159ursprünglichoriginal, initial, first
160entferntdistant
161kommendcoming, next
162zuständigcompetent, cognizant
163rotred
164sinnvollmeaningful
165verantwortlichresponsible
166geistigmental
167linkleft
168militärischmilitary
169bestehendexisting, established
170anschließendfollowing
171russischRussian
172vorbeiover, past, up
173negativnegative
174demokratischdemocratic
175niedriglow
176fernremote
177eindeutigunambiguous, unequivocal, explicit, unique
178schlimmbad, terrible, serious , dire, horrible, awful
179teuerdear
180globalglobal
181losAlternative form of lose
182gesetzlichlawful, legal, legitimate
183angeblichalleged, pretended, reported
184traditionelltraditional
185üblichusual
186selbstverständlichnatural, self-evident
187religiösreligious
188automatischautomatic
189gegenwärtigcurrent, contemporary, present, existing
190intensivintense
191naheAlternative form of nah
192westlichwest, western
193englischEnglish
194jährlichannual, yearly
195weitgehendextensive
196ökonomischeconomic
197gemäßcorresponding to, matching to
198komplettcomplete
199umfassendcomprehensive
200klassischclassical

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