Vocabulary · Adjectives

German Adjectives List, A1 to C2

German adjectives with comparative and superlative forms. All 2,207 in the CEFR list, commonest first, each tagged with the level it belongs to.

2,207 entries
80 at A1
117 at A2
199 at B1
  1. gut good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral); good (effective;… adj A1
  2. alle finished; gone; Łyna (a river in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland) adj A1
  3. neu new; modern, recent, latest adj A1
  4. erste first adj A1
  5. wirklich real; really, actually adj A1
  6. einfach easy; simple, plain, straightforward adj A1
  7. anderer other, different; second adj A1
  8. sicher safe, secure (not dangerous or in danger); sure, certain (convinced) adj A1
  9. leid distressing, uncomfortable; woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction adj A1
  10. klar clear; transparent; bright; clear; unambiguous; understood adj A1
  11. schön beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome; good, great, splendid adj A1
  12. gerade even; now (at the moment) adj A1
  13. weit wide; large adj A1
  14. vergangen past, bygone; preceding adj A1
  15. besser comparative degree of gut; better adj A1
  16. gleich equal; same; very similar adj A1
  17. richtig correct, accurate, right; right, correct, good adj A1
  18. deutsch German (of or pertaining to the German people); German (of or pertaining to Germany) adj A1
  19. schnell quick, fast; quickly adj A1
  20. eigen own, peculiar or private to someone, idiosyncratic, proper or proprietary; one’s own,… adj A1
  21. wenig little, few (a small amount, a small number) adj A1
  22. groß big, large, large-scale; great, grand adj A1
  23. jung young; man! come on! adj A1
  24. möglich possible (what can be done or achieved); potential; likely adj A1
  25. allein alone; only adj A1
  26. zweite second adj A1
  27. verdammt damned; damn adj A1
  28. wahr true, real; true, truthful adj A1
  29. nah near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), close, nearby; near (in space or time… adj A1
  30. klein small, little, wee (in physical size or extent); small, little, young (not grown up) adj A1
  31. letzte last adj A1
  32. toll great, nice, wonderful; crazy, mad adj A1
  33. verrückt crazy, mad adj A1
  34. einzig only, sole; unique adj A1
  35. ruhig quiet; calm adj A1
  36. spät late adj A1
  37. kurz short, quick, brief; short adj A1
  38. lang long; lengthy (in space or time); tall adj A1
  39. schwer heavy, weighty; indigestible adj A1
  40. endlich finite, limited; eventually, at last, finally adj A1
  41. offenbar apparent (evident); apparently, evidently; obviously adj A1
  42. nett nice; friendly; likable; kind; sweet; helpful adj A1
  43. wichtig important, relevant, significant, weighty adj A1
  44. leicht light (not heavy); easy (not difficult) adj A1
  45. schlecht bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral); bad (unskilled; of limited ability) adj A1
  46. glücklich happy; both momentarily and generally in life; lucky; fortunate adj A1
  47. alt old; ancient adj A1
  48. frei free; unenslaved; unimprisoned; free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained;… adj A1
  49. früh early; in the morning (general in morgen früh, otherwise regional, especially Eastern… adj A1
  50. willkommen welcome (received with gladness); welcome adj A1
  51. langsam slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time); slowly (at a… adj A1
  52. krank ill, sick (in bad health); sick, morally or mentally degenerate adj A1
  53. froh glad; (momentarily) happy; (momentarily) cheerful; merry adj A1
  54. offen open; frank, candid adj A1
  55. lustig funny, humorous; enjoyable, amusing, fun adj A1
  56. dumm dumb, stupid adj A1
  57. süß sweet; cute adj A1
  58. wunderbar wonderful adj A1
  59. kalt cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have… adj A1
  60. müde tired; tired of it, tired of (infinitive phrase) adj A1

Common questions

How many German adjectives should I know?

This list holds 2,207 adjectives graded A1 to C2. 197 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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