German reference

German descriptive words

62 words with English translations. 48 of them appear in the 5,000 most common German words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

62words
48in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
großlarge#595 0.014% of speech
kleinsmall#144 0.096% of speech
hochhigh#421 0.023% of speech
niedriglow#2654 0.003% of speech
langlong#375 0.026% of speech
kurzshort#369 0.026% of speech
breitwide#2552 0.005% of speech
engnarrow#2257 0.002% of speech
dünnthin#3212 0.001% of speech
dickthick#2623 0.004% of speech
schönbeautiful#60 0.319% of speech
hässlichugly#2247 0.002% of speech
gutaussehendhandsomeoutside the top 5,000
hübschpretty#890 0.008% of speech
altold#490 0.018% of speech
jungyoung#932 0.008% of speech
neunew#769 0.010% of speech
abgenutztwornoutside the top 5,000
modernmodern#2563 0.005% of speech
rechteckigrectangularoutside the top 5,000
rundround#2267 0.002% of speech
ovalovaloutside the top 5,000
quadratischsquareoutside the top 5,000
schnellfast#236 0.048% of speech
langsamslow#542 0.016% of speech
schwerheavy#401 0.024% of speech
leichtlight#620 0.013% of speech
weichsoft#4145 0.001% of speech
harthard#666 0.012% of speech
zerbrechlichfragileoutside the top 5,000
starkstrong#676 0.012% of speech
schwachweak#1528 0.004% of speech
reichrich#946 0.007% of speech
armpoor#829 0.009% of speech
einfacheasy#118 0.122% of speech
schwierigdifficult#1176 0.006% of speech
ruhigcalm#363 0.027% of speech
ängstlichanxiousoutside the top 5,000
freundlichkind#1587 0.004% of speech
unsympathischunfriendlyoutside the top 5,000
mutigbrave#2250 0.002% of speech
feigecowardlyoutside the top 5,000
großzügiggenerous#4238 0.001% of speech
egoistischselfishoutside the top 5,000
höflichpoliteoutside the top 5,000
unhöflichrudeoutside the top 5,000
ordentlichorderly#2805 0.002% of speech
unordentlichuntidyoutside the top 5,000
interessantinteresting#1022 0.007% of speech
langweiligboring#1454 0.004% of speech
lautnoisy#639 0.013% of speech
stillquiet#688 0.011% of speech
heißhot#2544 0.005% of speech
kaltcold#845 0.009% of speech
schmutzigdirty#4606 0.001% of speech
sauberclean#1039 0.007% of speech
tiefdeep#893 0.008% of speech
flachshallow#3287 0.001% of speech
glattsmooth#3359 0.001% of speech
rauroughoutside the top 5,000
nasswet#2458 0.002% of speech
trockendry#2999 0.002% of speech

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