Most common words in German
I wanted to make a list of the most common words in German just to see if there was any I was missing. Be aware though that the last like 10 adjectives here were added by me personally cause my source wasn’t long enough.
Nouns (40)
Die Zeit - the time Der Mann - the man Die Hand - the hand Der Tag - the day Der Weg - the way Das Auge - the eye Das Ding - the thing Der Kopf - the head Das Jahr - the year Das Zimmer - the room
Die Tür - the door Die Frau - the woman Das Gesicht - the face Die Mutter - the mother Das Volk - the people Die Nacht - the night Das Haus - the house Der Vater - the father Das Leben - the life Der Rücken - the back (body part)
Die Stimme - the voice Das Mädchen - the girl Der Ort - the place Der Junge - the boy Das Auto - the car Die Seite - the side Der Arm - the arm Das Kind - the kid Das Wort - the word Der Moment - the moment
Das Haar - hair (singular) Der Fuß - foot Das Wasser - water Das Licht - light Die Welt - world Der Name - name Der Freund - friend Das Fenster - window Der Körper - body Der Tisch - table
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Verbs (40)
sein - to be haben - to have werden - to become können - to be able to, can müssen - to have to, to must sagen - to say machen - to do / make geben - to give kommen - to come sollen - should
wollen - to want gehen - to go wissen - to know sehen - to see lassen - to let, to allow stehen - to stand finden - to find bleiben - to stay, to remain liegen - to lie heißen - to be called, to be named
denken - to think nehmen - to take tun - to do dürfen - to be allowed to glauben - to believe halten - to stop, to hold nennen - to name mögen - to like zeigen - to show führen - to lead
sprechen - to speak bringen - to bring leben - to live fahren - to drive, to ride meinen - to mean, to think fragen - to ask kennen - to know gelten - to be valid, to apply stellen - to place spielen - to play
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Adjectives (40)
groß - big, large, great gut - good klein - small schön - beautiful einfach - simply, easy schlecht - bad kalt - cold stark - strong freundlich - friendly wichtig - important
heiß - hot alt - old neu - new spät - late lebhaft - lively breit - wide kurz - short lang - tall, long schmal - narrow niedrig - low
hoch - high berühmt - famous still - still, quiet wenig - less anders - different gleich - same, equal jung - young früh - early ähnlich - similar allein - alone
nett - nice traurig - sad bequem - comfortable dick - thick erste - first fleißig - diligent, hard-working ganz - whole halb - half klar - clear letzte - last
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