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Essential German Adjectives You Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most common German adjectives ranked by frequency. Describe people, places, and things with confidence.

71 adjectives found

WordTranslation
gutgood, well
neuenew
großebig, large, great
erstefirst
andereother, another
neunew
langlong
großbig, tall, great
letztlast, previous
kleinsmall, little
altold
hochhigh, tall
möglichpossible
jungyoung
schnellfast, quick
schlechtbad
starkstrong
wichtigimportant
bekanntwell-known, familiar
politischpolitical
frühearly
richtigcorrect, right
kurzshort, brief
einfachsimple, easy
schönbeautiful, nice
schwerheavy, difficult
rotred
blaublue
grüngreen
weißwhite
schwarzblack
gelbyellow
kaltcold
warmwarm
heißhot
nasswet
trockendry
dunkeldark
hellbright, light
leerempty
vollfull
leichteasy, light
langsamslow
offenopen
müdetired
fertigready, done, finished
freifree
sichersafe, sure, certain
ewigeternal, forever
ruhigquiet, calm
lautloud
billigcheap
teuerexpensive
dickthick, fat
dünnthin
nahnear, close
weitfar, wide
breitwide, broad
knappscarce, barely
gemeinsamcommon, together
eigenown, particular
öffentlichpublic
sozialsocial
wirtschaftlicheconomic, economical
technischtechnical
persönlichpersonal
nationalnational
internationalinternational
direktdirect
spätlate
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