Vocabulary · Adjectives
German Adjectives List, A1 to C2, Words 2,161–2,207
Words 2,161 to 2,207 of 2,207, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,207
entries
80
at A1
117
at A2
199
at B1
- zielführend effective, expedient
- spezial special
- gesaugt sucked; vacuumed
- heavy heavy; intense; serious; shocking (extraordinary, especially in a bad way)
- wirr confused, disorderly, chaotic; muddled, confused, incoherent (of thoughts, speech,…
- hellwach wide awake
- trostlos dreary, bleak, desolate, dismal; depressing
- unwirklich unreal, insubstantial
- unwissend unaware, ignorant, unknowing, unsuspecting; inexperienced
- reizbar irritable; irascible
- berauscht intoxicated
- wählbar electable
- barbarisch barbaric, barbarian, barbarous
- neurologisch neurological
- unregelmäßig infrequent; unsteady
- schwachsinnig nonsensical, stupid; half-witted, feeble-minded, moronic
- wohlbehalten safe and sound
- holprig bumpy (rough; jumpy)
- hochnäsig snooty, stuck-up, haughty; supercilious, arrogant
- ungerade odd (not divisible by two); uneven
- verhandelbar negotiable (open to negotiation or bargaining)
- pessimistisch pessimistic
- skandinavisch Scandinavian
- unattraktiv unattractive
- unspektakulär unspectacular; (colloquial) basic, banal
- wundersam wondrous
- zugerechnet ascribed, attributed (to)
- mittellos without means, penniless
- staubig dusty (covered with dust)
- barsch harsh, unfriendly; perch (fish)
- ausgewogen balanced
- preislich price; praiseworthy
- prämiert award-winning
- schmerzvoll painful
- rentabel profitable
- stündlich hourly
- wacker efficient, diligent, eager, hearty; stalwart, valiant, brave
- fame famous, well-known (of a person)
- dürr dried up, desiccated, especially; thin and brittle
- ander See anderer.; second
- vegetarisch vegetarian
- überregional transregional
- superb superb
- inter intersex
- lesenswert readable; worth reading
- solar solar
- premium premium
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.