Vocabulary · Adjectives
German Adjectives List — A1 to C2
German adjectives with comparative and superlative forms. All 1,690 in the CEFR list, commonest first, each tagged with the level it belongs to.
1,690
entries
52
at A1
98
at A2
196
at B1
Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.
- gut good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral); good (effective;…
- weiß white
- schön beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome; good, great, splendid
- besser comparative degree of gut; better
- gleich equal; same; very similar
- richtig correct, accurate, right; right, correct, good
- viele inflection of viel:
- guten inflection of gut:
- schnell quick, fast
- lieber inflection of lieb; inflection of lieb:
- spät late
- wenig little, few (a small amount, a small number)
- nett nice; friendly; likable; kind; sweet; helpful
- schlecht bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral); bad (unskilled; of limited ability)
- glücklich happy; both momentarily and generally in life; lucky; fortunate
- alt old; ancient
- frei free; unenslaved; unimprisoned; free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained;…
- falsch false, unfactual, untrue; wrong (incorrect)
- früh early
- langsam slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time)
- groß big, large, large-scale; great, grand
- krank ill, sick (in bad health); sick, morally or mentally degenerate
- super super, great, awesome
- neu new; modern, recent, latest
- klein small, little, wee (in physical size or extent); small, little, young (not grown up)
- süß sweet; cute
- heiß hot (having a high temperature); hot; horny (sexually aroused)
- kalt cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have…
- müde tired; tired of it, tired of (infinitive phrase)
- sauer sour; acid; acidic; upset; annoyed; angry
- jung young
- lieb lovable; dear; darling; sweet; good-hearted; kind; good; well-behaved
- halb half, halfway
- schwarz black, reflecting little or no light; illegal
- rot red (colour); red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic,…
- warm warm; mildly hot; warm; keeping the wearer warm
- dunkel dark; deep
- teuer expensive, dear (high in price); dear (precious, valued)
- scharf sharp; able to cut (of a knife, edge); sharp; tight (of a turn on a route)
- blau blue (color/colour); drunk
- wenige inflection of wenig:
- grün green (in colour); unripe
- rosa coloured in a pale shade of pink
- hell clear, bright, light; quick, clever
- billig appropriate, meet, fair; cheap (low-priced)
- lila lilac, purple, violet (color/colour)
- fit fit (in good overall physical shape); able, prepared, up to a task (able to perform…
- gelb yellow; related to the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party…
- braun brown; tan (skin, due to sun exposure)
- grau grey, gray
- salzig briny, salty
- sonnig sunny
- einfach easy; simple, plain, straightforward
- sicher safe, secure (not dangerous or in danger); sure, certain (convinced)
- genau exact
- gerade even
- natürlich natural, normal
- zusammen together, in the same place; in a romantic relationship with each other
- fertig ready for use; done; fully prepared; done; finished; complete
- allein alone
Common questions
How many German adjectives should I know?
This list holds 1,690 adjectives graded A1 to C2. 150 of them fall in A1–A2, which is the set worth knowing cold before anything else.
Are the adjective forms included?
Yes — where the adjective forms them, the comparative and superlative are listed, including the irregular ones and the umlauted stems.
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