German adjective · CEFR B1
folgende
Meaning in English: following
This is a form of folgend, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are folgenden.
Example
Bitte beantworten Sie folgende Fragen.
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How common is folgende?
folgende is number 2,489 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,485tausendethousands (of)
- 2,486Waffenweapons
- 2,487zeichnetdraws; (sich aus) stands out
- 2,488die Haltungattitude, stance; posture
- 2,489folgendefollowing
- 2,490das Holzwood
- 2,491diskutierendiscuss
- 2,492komme(I) come
- 2,493die Farbecolour, paint
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,489
- The most common German adjectives#382
- German B1 vocabulary#800
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.