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.

  1. gut good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral); good (effective;… adj A1
  2. weiß white adj A1
  3. schön beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome; good, great, splendid adj A1
  4. besser comparative degree of gut; better adj A1
  5. gleich equal; same; very similar adj A1
  6. richtig correct, accurate, right; right, correct, good adj A1
  7. viele inflection of viel: adj A1
  8. guten inflection of gut: adj A1
  9. schnell quick, fast adj A1
  10. lieber inflection of lieb; inflection of lieb: adj A1
  11. spät late adj A1
  12. wenig little, few (a small amount, a small number) adj A1
  13. nett nice; friendly; likable; kind; sweet; helpful adj A1
  14. schlecht bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral); bad (unskilled; of limited ability) adj A1
  15. glücklich happy; both momentarily and generally in life; lucky; fortunate adj A1
  16. alt old; ancient adj A1
  17. frei free; unenslaved; unimprisoned; free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained;… adj A1
  18. falsch false, unfactual, untrue; wrong (incorrect) adj A1
  19. früh early adj A1
  20. langsam slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time) adj A1
  21. groß big, large, large-scale; great, grand adj A1
  22. krank ill, sick (in bad health); sick, morally or mentally degenerate adj A1
  23. super super, great, awesome adj A1
  24. neu new; modern, recent, latest adj A1
  25. klein small, little, wee (in physical size or extent); small, little, young (not grown up) adj A1
  26. süß sweet; cute adj A1
  27. heiß hot (having a high temperature); hot; horny (sexually aroused) adj A1
  28. kalt cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have… adj A1
  29. müde tired; tired of it, tired of (infinitive phrase) adj A1
  30. sauer sour; acid; acidic; upset; annoyed; angry adj A1
  31. jung young adj A1
  32. lieb lovable; dear; darling; sweet; good-hearted; kind; good; well-behaved adj A1
  33. halb half, halfway adj A1
  34. schwarz black, reflecting little or no light; illegal adj A1
  35. rot red (colour); red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic,… adj A1
  36. warm warm; mildly hot; warm; keeping the wearer warm adj A1
  37. dunkel dark; deep adj A1
  38. teuer expensive, dear (high in price); dear (precious, valued) adj A1
  39. scharf sharp; able to cut (of a knife, edge); sharp; tight (of a turn on a route) adj A1
  40. blau blue (color/colour); drunk adj A1
  41. wenige inflection of wenig: adj A1
  42. grün green (in colour); unripe adj A1
  43. rosa coloured in a pale shade of pink adj A1
  44. hell clear, bright, light; quick, clever adj A1
  45. billig appropriate, meet, fair; cheap (low-priced) adj A1
  46. lila lilac, purple, violet (color/colour) adj A1
  47. fit fit (in good overall physical shape); able, prepared, up to a task (able to perform… adj A1
  48. gelb yellow; related to the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party… adj A1
  49. braun brown; tan (skin, due to sun exposure) adj A1
  50. grau grey, gray adj A1
  51. salzig briny, salty adj A1
  52. sonnig sunny adj A1
  53. einfach easy; simple, plain, straightforward adj A2
  54. sicher safe, secure (not dangerous or in danger); sure, certain (convinced) adj A2
  55. genau exact adj A2
  56. gerade even adj A2
  57. natürlich natural, normal adj A2
  58. zusammen together, in the same place; in a romantic relationship with each other adj A2
  59. fertig ready for use; done; fully prepared; done; finished; complete adj A2
  60. allein alone adj A2

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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