enorm
Meaning in English: enormous, enormously
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Die Preise sind enorm gestiegen.
Prices have risen enormously.
Forms of enorm in the top 5,000
These forms of enorm are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Das war eine enorme Leistung.
That was a huge achievement.
How common is enorm?
enorm is number 2,777 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 32 times per million words — about once every 31,000 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
- 2,773ausgesetztexposed; suspended; abandoned
- 2,774der Rückgangdecline, drop
- 2,775begrenztlimited
- 2,776minusminus
- 2,777enormenormous, enormously
- 2,778die Fortbildungfurther training, course
- 2,779technischtechnical, technically
- 2,780frischfresh
- 2,781späterenlater
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,777
- The most common German adjectives#444
- German B2 vocabulary#536
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.