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German vocabulary B1: Describing and judging
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German adjectives and adverbs for describing and judging things, such as grundlegend (basic), kompliziert (complicated), unvergesslich (unforgettable) and typisch (typical).
94 German words at level B1, with their translation.
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einzeln
individual (single)also: one at a time
allgemein
general (not detailed)
unmöglich
impossible (cannot happen)
unglaublich
incrediblealso: amazing, unbelievable, incredibly
führend
top (best)also: leading
ähnlich
similar
getrennt
separate (not joined)also: separately
speziell
specially (for a purpose)also: special
typisch
typical
traditionell
traditionalalso: traditionally
offensichtlich
obviousalso: obviously, evident, evidently, apparent
übel
nasty (bad)
persönlich (privat)
personalalso: personally
ursprünglich
original (first)also: originally
privat
private
üblich
usual
vorbereitet
prepared (ready)also: ready
gewöhnlich
ordinary
genau (präzise)
accurate
vertraut
familiar
gerecht
fair (just)also: just
notwendigalso: nötig
necessary
effizient
efficientalso: efficiently
feinalso: vornehm
refinedalso: elegant, high-class, posh, fancy
fair
fair (playing by the rules)
erstaunlich
astonishingalso: amazing, remarkable
richtig (wie es sich gehört)
proper (correct)also: properly
selten
rare (unusual)also: rarely, seldom
geheim
secret (adjective)
heimlich
secretlyalso: in secret
grob (ungefähr)
rough (not exact)also: approximate
gemeinsam
common (shared)also: joint
kompliziert
complicated
klassisch
classicalalso: classic
grundlegend
basic
knapp
concisealso: brief, succinct
die Qualität (von etw.)
quality (how good sth is)
nötigalso: notwendig
necessaryalso: needed
korrektalso: richtig
correctalso: correctly
reizendalso: charmant
charmingalso: delightful, lovely
herrlich
gloriousalso: splendid, lovely
hilfreich
helpful (of a thing)
das Schlimmste
worst (noun)
unbekannt
unknown
hässlich
ugly
unangenehm
unpleasant
genial
ingeniousalso: inspired, brilliant
unfair
unfair (breaking the rules)
widerlich
revoltingalso: repulsive, sickening, disgusting
vornehmalso: fein
fancy (expensive)also: posh, refined, elegant, high-class
exakt
exact
außergewöhnlich
extraordinaryalso: exceptional
präzise
precisealso: precisely, accurately
ungerecht
unfair (unjust)also: unjust, unfairly
unnötig
unnecessary
ekelhaftalso: eklig, widerlich
disgusting
günstig (passend)
convenient (suitable)
günstig gelegen
convenient (near)
unverzichtbar
essential (indispensable)also: indispensable
weit verbreitetalso: weitverbreitet
common (widespread)also: widespread
realistisch
realistic
separat
separate (different)
hochwertig
quality (adjective)also: high-quality
schlicht
plain (simple)
originell
original (new and different)
individuell
individual (for each person)
indirekt
indirect
imaginär
imaginary
protzig
flash (showy)also: flashy, showy
unwichtig
unimportant
nutzlos
useless
typischerweise
typically
unvergesslich
unforgettablealso: memorable
geordnet
orderlyalso: in an orderly way
prächtig
magnificent
genauso gut (wie jemand/etw.)
just as good (as sb/sth)
vorbildlich
model (exemplary)also: exemplary
Pech haben
to be unluckyalso: unlucky
Glück bringendalso: glückbringend
lucky (bringing luck)
elementar
elementary
sekundär
secondary
an erster Stelle
first (in order of importance)
uninteressant
uninteresting
akzeptabel
acceptable
amüsant
amusing
fortschrittlich
advanced (modern)also: progressive
in Bestform
at your bestalso: at my best, at his best, at her best, at its best, at our best, at their best
spektakulär
spectacular
bedrohlich
threatening
brillant
brilliant (outstanding)
ekligalso: ekelhaft, widerlich
disgusting
nicht in Ordnung
wrong (with a problem)
auf andere Weise
in a different wayalso: in another way, differently
bekannt sein als (etw.)
to be known as (sth)
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