German adjective · CEFR B2
örtlichen
Meaning in English: local
This is a form of örtlich, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are örtliche.
Example
Frag doch bei der örtlichen Feuerwehr nach.
Why not ask the local fire brigade?
How common is örtlichen?
örtlichen is number 3,016 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 29 times per million words — about once every 35,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 3,012geschicktsent; skilful
- 3,013Kirchenchurches
- 3,014israelischeIsraeli
- 3,015angelegtlaid out, created, invested
- 3,016örtlichenlocal
- 3,017erzielteachieved, scored
- 3,018damaligenthen, of that time
- 3,019gefährdetendangered, at risk
- 3,020Kolleginnen(female) colleagues
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,016
- The most common German adjectives#499
- German B2 vocabulary#609
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.