erforderlich
Meaning in English: required, necessary
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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:
Bitte bringen Sie alle erforderlichen Unterlagen mit.
Please bring all the required documents.
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
- 724demnachaccordingly, so, according to that
- 725läuftruns, walks; is on (TV)
- 726überhauptat all, anyway
- 727der Besuchvisit; visitors
- 728erforderlichrequired, necessary
- 729freifree, vacant
- 730Studierendestudents
- 731das Engagementcommitment, involvement
- 732der Präsidentpresident
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#728
- The 5,000 most common German words#728
- The most common German adjectives#84
- German B2 vocabulary#53
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.