Vocabulary · Adjectives

German Adjectives List, A1 to C2, Words 721–780

Words 721 to 780 of 2,207, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.

2,207 entries
80 at A1
117 at A2
199 at B1
  1. realistisch realistic adj C1
  2. braun brown; tan (skin, due to sun exposure) adj C1
  3. gestrig of yesterday, yesterday's; of the past, antiquated, outdated adj C1
  4. paranoid paranoid adj C1
  5. europaweit Europewide adj C1
  6. maßgeblich applicable, relevant; significant, decisive, authoritative adj C1
  7. effektiv effective; actual adj C1
  8. empfindlich sensitive, tender; serious, somewhat painful, significant, not ignorable, hefty adj C1
  9. bedrohlich threatening adj C1
  10. bezaubernd adorable, enchanting, glamorous adj C1
  11. etabliert traditional, old-fashioned, established; having an established place in bourgeois society adj C1
  12. bekräftigt confirmed, corroborated adj C1
  13. elektronisch electronic adj C1
  14. vermeintlich supposed, alleged; imaginary adj C1
  15. verkehrt wrong adj C1
  16. legendär legendary adj C1
  17. einstig former, erstwhile adj C1
  18. aggressiv aggressive adj C1
  19. polnisch Polish (of Poland or its language); the Polish language adj C1
  20. heilig holy; sacred adj C1
  21. regulär regular; conventional; scheduled; permanently organised; in line with law, normal… adj C1
  22. explizit explicit adj C1
  23. gewaltig enormous, huge; massive, mighty adj C1
  24. ungarisch Hungarian (related to Hungary, its language or its people); Hungarian language adj C1
  25. stundenlang lasting for hours; for hours adj C1
  26. vertraulich confidential, private adj C1
  27. platt flat; completely destroyed, razed to the ground adj C1
  28. aufrecht upright, erect, tall; yet present, not yet brought to fall adj C1
  29. nachgewiesen proven, ascertained, attested adj C1
  30. buchstäblich literal; literally adj C1
  31. würdig worthy; honourable, dignified adj C1
  32. grob coarse, rough; uncouth, rude, crude, ill-defined adj C1
  33. vergleichbar comparable; Akin to; in comparison with. adj C1
  34. erregt excited, thrilled; aroused adj C1
  35. abgebaut degraded, decomposed, dismantled; mined adj C1
  36. schräg skewed, oblique, slanted (neither parallel nor at a right angle to some implied line);… adj C1
  37. verknallt infatuated (with), having a crush (on) adj C1
  38. magisch magical adj C1
  39. radikal radical adj C1
  40. überarbeitet edited; over-stressed (of work) adj C1
  41. niederländisch Dutch (of the Netherlands, people, or language); Dutch, the Dutch language adj C1
  42. extern external adj C1
  43. deprimiert depressed adj C1
  44. drastisch drastic adj C1
  45. unzählig countless, innumerable adj C1
  46. ausgelöscht extinguished (fire etc.); obliterate, obliterated, expunged, wiped out adj C1
  47. außergewöhnlich exceptional, extraordinary adj C1
  48. wissenschaftlich scientific; scholarly, academic adj C1
  49. besagt said, aforesaid, implied, mentioned adj C1
  50. auswendig exterior, located on the outside; at the outside adj C1
  51. konstant constant, consistent, stable (proceeding regularly, without interruption, without ups… adj C1
  52. nördlich north, northern adj C1
  53. hilflos helpless; helplessly adj C1
  54. stur stubborn adj C1
  55. rückgängig retrogressive adj C1
  56. indirekt indirect; implied, implicit adj C1
  57. verstorben deceased, late adj C1
  58. verkleidet disguised adj C1
  59. gütig kind, gracious, benign, benevolent adj C1
  60. örtlich local adj C1

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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