German adjective · CEFR A2

andere

Meaning in English: other, different

Rank 153 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A23 forms in the list
Learn this word

Add andere and its 2 forms to your reviews. Progress stays in this browser.

Test my vocabulary

Example

Ich möchte eine andere Farbe.

I'd like a different colour.

Forms of andere in the top 5,000

These forms of andere are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

anderen#121
other, othersA2

Die anderen warten schon draußen.
The others are already waiting outside.

anderer#918
other, another; differentA2

Er ist ein ganz anderer Mensch geworden.
He has become a completely different person.

How common is andere?

andere is number 153 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 561 times per million words — about once every 1,800 words. Its most frequent form is anderen (#121).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 48% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 149ihremher, their (dative, masc./neut.)
  2. 150Werwho
  3. 151maljust (softener); times; once
  4. 152das Endeend
  5. 153andereother, different
  6. 154welchewhich; some
  7. 155sollenshould, to be supposed to
  8. 156währendduring; while
  9. 157sondernbut (rather)

In these word lists

Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.