Top 100 German adjectives

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1alleall · everyoneadjective 2neunewadjective 3durchthroughadjective 4gutgoodadjective 5großbig · largeadjective 6siebenseven · sieveadjective 7achteightadjective 8anderanother · different · otheradjective 9weitfar · wideadjective 10ganzcomplete · completely · quiteadjective 11hochhighadjective 12deutschGermanadjective 13altoldadjective 14kleinsmalladjective 15langlongadjective 16viela lot · many · muchadjective 17rundaround · roundadjective 18andereanother · otheradjective 19eigenownadjective 20jungyoungadjective 21spätlateadjective 22nahclose · nearadjective 23gleichequal · immediately · right · right away · same · soonadjective 24erhaltenreceiveadjective 25starkstrongadjective 26wichtigimportantadjective 27weitercontinue · furtheradjective 28vergangenpass · pastadjective 29einfacheasy · simpleadjective 30kurzshortadjective 31möglichpossibleadjective 32frühearlyadjective 33fastalmostadjective 34schwerhard · heavyadjective 35gemeinsamcommon · shared · togetheradjective 36deutlichclear · clearly · distinctadjective 37garabsolutely · at alladjective 38klarclearadjective 39richtigcorrect · real · reallyadjective 40schnellfast · quicklyadjective 41geradecurrently · just · right now · straightadjective 42bekanntfamiliar · know · known · well-knownadjective 43verschiedendifferent · variousadjective 44schönbeautiful · niceadjective 45genauaccurate · exact · exactly · preciseadjective 46natürlichnatural · naturally · of courseadjective 47ehemaligformeradjective 48freifree · vacantadjective 49sichersafe · secure · sureadjective 50öffentlichpublic · publiclyadjective 51folgendfollow · followingadjective 52internationalinternationaladjective 53wirklichreallyadjective 54leichteasy · lightadjective 55weniglittleadjective 56einzigonlyadjective 57offenopenadjective 58rechtquite · rightadjective 59kommendcome · comingadjective 60knappbrief · just under · narrow · scarce · terse · tightadjective 61schlechtbadadjective 62vollfulladjective 63entsprechendaccord · accordance · according · accordingly · according to · appropriateadjective 64künftigfuture · in future · in the futureadjective 65erfolgreichsuccessfuladjective 66ebeneven · flat · just · level · right · simplyadjective 67direktdirect · directlyadjective 68zahlreichnumerousadjective 69französischfrench · Frenchadjective 70alleinalone · solelyadjective 71heutigtodayadjective 72einzelnindividual · individually · singleadjective 73aktuellcurrent · currentlyadjective 74bestimmtcertain · certainly · definite · definitely · determineadjective 75gesamtentire · wholeadjective 76europäischeuropean · Europeanadjective 77zusätzlichadditional · additionallyadjective 78falschwrongadjective 79andersdifferent · differently · otheradjective 80besonderespecially · specialadjective 81persönlichpersonal · personallyadjective 82paarfew · pairadjective 83sozialsocialadjective 84liebkind · lovely · sweetadjective 85verlassenabandon · leaveadjective 86wenigerfewer · lessadjective 87tatsächlichactually · indeed · reallyadjective 88offiziellofficialadjective 89positivpositiveadjective 90englischEnglishadjective 91unterschiedlichdifferentadjective 92historischhistoricaladjective 93geringlow · slight · smalladjective 94privatprivateadjective 95ähnlichsimilaradjective 96häufigcommon · frequent · frequently · oftenadjective 97britischbritish · Britishadjective 98erfahrenexperience · find out · learnadjective 99aktivactiveadjective 100notwendignecessaryadjective

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