Vocabulary · Adjectives
German Adjectives List, A1 to C2, Words 1,921–1,980
Words 1,921 to 1,980 of 2,207, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,207
entries
80
at A1
117
at A2
199
at B1
- violett violet; purple; lilac (color/colour); violet, purple (colour)
- schläfrig sleepy, drowsy
- freudig joyful, cheerful; joyfully, cheerfully
- eidgenössisch confederate; Swiss
- fiktiv fictional
- mechanisch mechanical; mechanically
- gewissenhaft assiduous, diligent, conscientious, scrupulous, meticulous; pedantic
- ungebremst unrestrained
- unumgänglich essential; inevitable; difficult; prickly
- vorausgesagt predicted, foretold, forecast
- angebunden bound, connected
- demütig humble (thinking lowly of oneself)
- unvergesslich unforgettable
- fundamental fundamental
- oppositionell oppositional
- hybrid hybrid
- unbefristet permanent
- unternehmerisch entrepreneurial
- übermütig cocky, boisterous, overenthusiastic, jaunty, high-spirited
- startbereit ready to go (used for vehicles typically)
- rumänisch Romanian (of or relating to Romania, its people, or language); Romanian (official…
- bekifft stoned, baked (high on cannabis)
- ungeschützt unprotected
- zimperlich squeamish; prissy
- aufgearbeitet refurbished
- befahrbar driveable, navigable, passable, open to traffic
- beträchtlich substantial, considerable
- dubios dubious, suspicious, questionable
- gemäßigt moderate
- erhaben sublime, exalted, elevated, lordly; unassailable, above (something)
- unglaubwürdig incredible, unbelievable
- wirkungslos ineffective
- willig willing; willing to have sex, likely to accept sexual or amorous advances
- leiblich bodily, physical, now chiefly in specific contexts:; consanguine, biological
- abgehackt chopped off, hacked off; choppy (way of moving, etc)
- gebenedeit blessed
- unbewusst unconscious, unaware
- dezent discreet; tactful; unobtrusive; inconspicuous
- kulinarisch culinary
- literarisch literary
- todmüde dead tired
- inbegriffen included
- hämisch malicious, spiteful, hateful, derisive, gleeful
- organisch organic (pertaining to an organ of the body); organic (pertaining to a living organism)
- alljährlich annual, yearly; annually
- erotisch erotic; erotically
- elektromagnetisch electromagnetic
- langwierig lengthy, protracted, prolonged; lingering
- ehrwürdig venerable, reverend
- irrsinnig insane, mad; mind-boggling
- metallisch metallic
- intellektuell intellectual; academic; highbrow; sophisticated
- banal banal
- mangelhaft defective; being of an academic grade not allowing to pass due to containing…
- unschön not beautiful, unattractive, unbeautiful
- vielseitig versatile
- spießig square, bourgeois (socially conventional)
- gaga gaga
- besorgniserregend alarming, worrying, worrisome
- familiär familial
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.