German adjective · CEFR B2

erforderlich

Meaning in English: required, necessary

Rank 728 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B23 forms in the list
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Example

Für die Reise ist ein Visum erforderlich.

A visa is required for the trip.

Forms of erforderlich in the top 5,000

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

erforderlichen#2,352
required, necessary (inflected)B2

Bitte bringen Sie alle erforderlichen Unterlagen mit.
Please bring all the required documents.

erforderliche#4,457
required, necessaryB2

Haben Sie die erforderliche Erfahrung?
Do you have the necessary experience?

How common is erforderlich?

erforderlich is number 728 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 124 times per million words — about once every 8,100 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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. 724demnachaccordingly, so, according to that
  2. 725läuftruns, walks; is on (TV)
  3. 726überhauptat all, anyway
  4. 727der Besuchvisit; visitors
  5. 728erforderlichrequired, necessary
  6. 729freifree, vacant
  7. 730Studierendestudents
  8. 731das Engagementcommitment, involvement
  9. 732der Präsidentpresident

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