German adjective · CEFR B2
ärztliche
Meaning in English: medical, doctor's
This is a form of ärztlich, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Dafür brauchen Sie eine ärztliche Bescheinigung.
For that you need a doctor's certificate.
How common is ärztliche?
ärztliche is number 4,569 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 57,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,565Akteurenactors, stakeholders
- 4,566der Umweltschutzenvironmental protection
- 4,567die Wirksamkeiteffectiveness
- 4,568zurückkehrento return, to come back
- 4,569ärztlichemedical, doctor's
- 4,570umgekehrtthe other way round, vice versa
- 4,571nutzbarusable
- 4,572verkündetannounced, proclaimed
- 4,573der Außenministerforeign minister
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,569
- The most common German adjectives#831
- German B2 vocabulary#1,112
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