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
- gut good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral); good (effective;…
- alle finished; gone; Łyna (a river in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)
- neu new; modern, recent, latest
- erste first
- wirklich real; really, actually
- einfach easy; simple, plain, straightforward
- anderer other, different; second
- sicher safe, secure (not dangerous or in danger); sure, certain (convinced)
- leid distressing, uncomfortable; woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction
- klar clear; transparent; bright; clear; unambiguous; understood
- schön beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome; good, great, splendid
- gerade even; now (at the moment)
- weit wide; large
- vergangen past, bygone; preceding
- besser comparative degree of gut; better
- gleich equal; same; very similar
- richtig correct, accurate, right; right, correct, good
- deutsch German (of or pertaining to the German people); German (of or pertaining to Germany)
- schnell quick, fast; quickly
- eigen own, peculiar or private to someone, idiosyncratic, proper or proprietary; one’s own,…
- wenig little, few (a small amount, a small number)
- groß big, large, large-scale; great, grand
- jung young; man! come on!
- möglich possible (what can be done or achieved); potential; likely
- allein alone; only
- zweite second
- verdammt damned; damn
- wahr true, real; true, truthful
- nah near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), close, nearby; near (in space or time…
- klein small, little, wee (in physical size or extent); small, little, young (not grown up)
- letzte last
- toll great, nice, wonderful; crazy, mad
- verrückt crazy, mad
- einzig only, sole; unique
- ruhig quiet; calm
- spät late
- kurz short, quick, brief; short
- lang long; lengthy (in space or time); tall
- schwer heavy, weighty; indigestible
- endlich finite, limited; eventually, at last, finally
- offenbar apparent (evident); apparently, evidently; obviously
- nett nice; friendly; likable; kind; sweet; helpful
- wichtig important, relevant, significant, weighty
- leicht light (not heavy); easy (not difficult)
- 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;…
- früh early; in the morning (general in morgen früh, otherwise regional, especially Eastern…
- willkommen welcome (received with gladness); welcome
- langsam slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time); slowly (at a…
- krank ill, sick (in bad health); sick, morally or mentally degenerate
- froh glad; (momentarily) happy; (momentarily) cheerful; merry
- offen open; frank, candid
- lustig funny, humorous; enjoyable, amusing, fun
- dumm dumb, stupid
- süß sweet; cute
- wunderbar wonderful
- kalt cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have…
- müde tired; tired of it, tired of (infinitive phrase)
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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.