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German vocabulary A1: Common adjectives and adverbs
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Common adjectives and adverbs for colours, qualities, feelings and everyday use, such as rot (red), schön (beautiful), teuer (expensive), müde (tired), gern (gladly) and sehr (very). It also holds comparatives and superlatives such as besser (better) and am besten (best), and Es tut mir leid (sorry).
102 German words at level A1, with their translation.
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bereit
ready (prepared)also: prepared, willing
so (auf diese Weise)
like thisalso: this way, in this way, like that
einfachalso: leicht
easyalso: simple
weiter
on (moving forward)
lieb (im Brief)
dear (in a letter)
anders
differentalso: differently
gleich
samealso: the same, equal, alike
besser
better
groß (Größe)
bigalso: large, tall
grün
green
gut
good
richtigalso: korrekt
right (not wrong)also: correct, accurate, correctly
falsch
wrong (not correct)also: incorrect, false
sicher
safe (secure)also: secure, safely
möglich
possible
sehr
very
sehr (viel)
very muchalso: greatly
gernalso: gerne
gladlyalso: willingly, happily, with pleasure
vielalso: eine Menge
a lotalso: much, lots, lots of, a lot of, plenty
in Ordnung (ohne Probleme)
fine (without problems)also: all right, alright, OK, okay
schlecht
bad (not good)also: badly
schön
beautifulalso: pretty, lovely, gorgeous, nicely
wichtig
importantalso: significant
klein
smallalso: little
lang
long
kurz
shortalso: brief, briefly
schnell
fastalso: quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly
echt
real (genuine)also: genuine, authentic
wirklichalso: tatsächlich
reallyalso: truly, actually, indeed, genuinely
fertig
ready (finished)also: finished, done
der beste
the best
der einzigealso: einzig
the only onealso: only, sole
wenig
few (not many)also: not many, not much, little
ganz
whole (adjective)also: entire, all the, the whole of
je
each (with a number)also: per, apiece
letzte
last (adjective)also: final
eigen
ownalso: of your own
bekanntalso: berühmt
well-knownalso: known, famous
schwer (nicht einfach)also: schwierig
hard (difficult)also: difficult
einfach (bloß)also: schlichtweg
simplyalso: just
leicht (einfach)also: einfach
easy
langsam
slowalso: slowly
neu
newalso: brand new, newly
alt
old
jung
young (adjective)
arm (ohne Geld)
poor
nett
nicealso: kind, friendly, pleasant, nicely
gut (Adverb)
well (not badly)
gut in
good atalso: good in, skilled at
nahalso: nahe
close (not far)
geschlossen
closedalso: shut
glücklich
happyalso: lucky, fortunate, glad
kalt
cold (temperature)
warm
warm (not cold)also: warmly
heiß
hot
leckeralso: köstlich
deliciousalso: tasty, yummy
süß (Geschmack)
sweet (taste)also: sugary
am besten
best (adverb)
schwarz
black
blau
blue
rot
red
gelb
yellow
gesund
healthyalso: good for you, good for your health
böse
mean (nasty)also: nasty, evil, angry
günstigalso: preisgünstig
good valuealso: inexpensive, reasonably priced, affordable, favourable, favorable
leise
quiet (not loud)also: quietly, soft, softly, low
schwierigalso: schwer
difficultalso: hard
schwierigeralso: schwerer
more difficultalso: harder
hart
hard (with effort)
aufgeregt
excitedalso: nervous, agitated, worked up, excitedly
spannend
exciting (full of suspense)also: suspenseful
berühmtalso: bekannt
famousalso: well-known
dick
fat (of a person)also: thick, plump, overweight
Lieblings-
favouritealso: favorite
lustigalso: witzig
funnyalso: amusing, humorous
hungrig
hungry
müde
tired (needing rest)also: sleepy, weary
traurig
sadalso: unhappy
langweilig
boringalso: dull, tedious
billig
cheap
teuer
expensivealso: costly
sauber
clean (not dirty)
klugalso: intelligent
clever (intelligent)also: smart, intelligent, wise
geöffnet
open (not closed)
interessant
interesting
lokalalso: örtlich
local
schlank
slimalso: slender
sehr geehrt
dear (in a formal letter)
eine Mengealso: viel
a lot (of)also: a lot, lots (of), plenty (of)
weiß
white
grau
greyalso: gray
braun
brown
orange (Farbe)
orange-colouredalso: orange
die Farbe (rot/blau)
colouralso: color
dunkel
dark
hell
light (not dark)also: bright, pale, fair, brightly
gelangweilt
bored
verschneitalso: schneebedeckt
snowyalso: snow-covered, covered in snow
zu groß
too bigalso: too large
wunderbaralso: wundervoll, toll, herrlich
wonderfulalso: marvellous, marvelous, great, amazing, wondrous
sich besser fühlen
to feel better
sich gut fühlen
to feel wellalso: to feel good
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