Vocabulary · Adjectives
German Adjectives List, A1 to C2, Words 181–240
Words 181 to 240 of 2,207, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,207
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80
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117
at A2
199
at B1
- sportlich sport; sporting, athletic (of or pertaining to sports); athletic, fit, sporty…
- weiblich female; feminine
- blond blond; fair; unlike English, not commonly used of anything other than hair (except beer,…
- bitter bitter (having a bitter taste); bitter, disappointing, awful
- fleißig diligent, hard-working, industrious, busy, assiduous, sedulous; studious
- männlich male; manly
- buchen beech; to book
- bunt spotted, speckled; multi-colored; colorful; variegated
- schriftlich written
- schädlich harmful
- stressig stressful
- bewölkt cloudy (covered with or characterised by clouds)
- windig windy; dodgy; dubious
- sonnig sunny
- preiswert worth its price; inexpensive, cheap
- neblig foggy
- luxemburgisch of Luxembourg; Letzeburgesh, Luxembourgish, Luxembourgian (related to Luxembourg, its…
- gar cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption); refined
- rein pure, clear, plain; purely
- fertig ready for use; done; fully prepared; done; finished; complete
- bereit ready
- knapp scarce; lean (having little extra)
- bestimmt certain; determined
- ernst serious, severe, grave; earnestness, seriousness
- eben flat, smooth, even (of a surface); just, simply, indicating that something is generally…
- bloß mere, sole; bare, uncovered, nude
- ehrlich decent, honorable, honest; honest, truthful, true
- voll full; filled; full (not hungry anymore)
- wert worth, worthy of; worthy of
- völlig complete, total, utter; completely
- gemeinsam common, mutual, shared; together, jointly
- nämlich (the) very same, selfsame (as was mentioned or described previously; either the same…
- stolz proud; haughty
- still quiet, silent; without carbonation, flat
- unglaublich unbelievable, incredible; unbelievably, incredibly (to an extent not to be believed)
- perfekt perfect
- nötig necessary; urgently
- komplett complete, entire (including all possible parts or elements)
- verheiratet married (in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband)
- ständig permanent, constant (without breaks); persistent, incessant, constant (repeated very…
- absolut absolute; absolutely
- betroffen shocked; affected, concerned
- zahlreich numerous
- erfolgreich successful
- unbedingt absolute; (prison sentence) unconditional, without probation
- wütend furious, angry; angrily, furiously
- gleichzeitig simultaneous, concurrent, coincident, concomitant; at the same time, simultaneously
- ehemalig former, erstwhile
- verantwortlich responsible; answerable
- vermutlich suspected, presumable, assumed; presumably
- sogenannt so-called
- seltsam strange, weird, odd, funny, curious; rare, seldom
- unklar unclear
- öffentlich public
- häufig frequent; common
- persönlich personal; friendly (atmosphere etc.)
- bisherig previous, so far
- ewig eternal, everlasting; constant, frequent
- offensichtlich obvious; evident, apparent
- ermordet murdered
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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