German adjective · CEFR B2
ehemalige
Meaning in English: former
This is a form of ehemalig, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are ehemaligen.
Example
Meine ehemalige Chefin hat mich angerufen.
My former boss called me.
How common is ehemalige?
ehemalige is number 1,189 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 76 times per million words — about once every 13,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% 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
- 1,185der Mietertenant
- 1,186Grenzenborders, limits
- 1,187das Verhaltenbehaviour
- 1,188technischetechnical
- 1,189ehemaligeformer
- 1,190die Durchführungimplementation, carrying out
- 1,191prüfento check, to examine
- 1,192ladento load, to charge
- 1,193abgeschlossencompleted, locked
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,189
- The most common German adjectives#165
- German B2 vocabulary#146
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.