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German adjective · CEFR B2

effektiv

Meaning in English: effective

Rank 3,994 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B2

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Example

Diese Methode ist einfach und sehr effektiv.

This method is simple and very effective.

How common is effektiv?

effektiv is number 3,994 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 48,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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

  1. 3,990zugeordnetassigned, allocated
  2. 3,991die Fassungversion, composure, frame
  3. 3,992der DonnerstagabendThursday evening
  4. 3,993Websiteswebsites
  5. 3,994effektiveffective
  6. 3,995anstattinstead of
  7. 3,996einzelnerindividual, single (inflected)
  8. 3,997weltweitenworldwide, global
  9. 3,998gelesenread (past participle)

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