Vocabulary · Adjectives
German Adjectives List, A1 to C2, Words 481–540
Words 481 to 540 of 2,207, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,207
entries
80
at A1
117
at A2
199
at B1
- brav good, well-behaved or reliable, obedient; honest, upright, upstanding
- divers different, various, miscellaneous (a certain number of different items); diverse,…
- verbreitet common, widespread, prevalent
- angewiesen dependent (on), reliant (on)
- korrekt correct; accurate
- kritisch critical
- clever clever
- ukrainisch of Ukraine; Ukrainian (relating to Ukraine or its people); Ukrainian (language)
- spanisch Spanish; strange, outlandish, suspicious, incomprehensible (chiefly in spanisch vorkommen)
- verzweifelt desperate; desperately
- pünktlich punctual, on time
- keinerlei no … whatsoever, no … at all
- erstaunlich amazing, impressive, surprising (contrary to or surpassing expectations, in a positive…
- erheblich considerable, substantial, significant; considerably
- belastet loaded, burdened, charged
- rosa coloured in a pale shade of pink; pink (color)
- unverändert unchanged, unaltered, unmodified
- ausgesetzt exposed; deferred, suspended
- gezielt aimed, targeted
- aufgerufen invoked, accessed, called
- gefährdet at risk, endangered, vulnerable, susceptible
- unglücklich unhappy, unjoyous, unjoyful, misfortunate, miserable; unfortunate, unlucky,…
- generell general; generally
- registriert registered
- staatlich state, government; state-owned
- befreundet friendly, friends
- enorm enormous; very, so
- überwiegend predominant, prevalent; largely, mostly, predominantly
- vorgelegt submitted, presented, propounded
- maskulin masculine (of masculine grammatical gender); masculine, manly (of markedly male…
- inner inner; within
- gewöhnlich usual, normal, ordinary, everyday; vulgar, common (not befitting someone of higher class)
- abhängig dependent; addicted
- heimisch domestic (internal to a specific nation or region); homely (characteristic of or…
- zuversichtlich confident
- vorübergehend temporary
- befürchtet feared, fearfully expected as a negative (unfortunate) possibility
- durchschnittlich average, ordinary, mean, medium; on average
- bescheuert idiotic, crazy, foolish
- optimistisch optimistic
- versetzt offset; shifted, displaced
- geprägt coined, embossed; shaped, formed, molded, characterized
- stabil stable; dope, rad, fly
- genial genius, ingenious, genial (in the sense of genius); excellent
- basiert based
- angepasst adjusted, adapted
- unhöflich rude; uncivil
- fit fit (in good overall physical shape); able, prepared, up to a task (able to perform…
- gemäß corresponding to; matching to; according to, in accordance with
- dauerhaft permanent, lasting, enduring, durable
- vereinigt united
- großzügig generous (of people or a gift, donation, support, etc.); tolerant, open-minded,…
- köstlich costly; precious; exquisite; excellent
- hervorragend outstanding, superb; paramount, eminent
- hauptsächlich main; mainly, primarily
- verärgert upset, annoyed, angry
- unwichtig unimportant
- dramatisch dramatic
- bundesweit nationwide
- mächtig powerful, mighty; capable, having command
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.