global
Meaning in English: global
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Das Problem ist global und betrifft uns alle.
The problem is global and affects us all.
Forms of global in the top 5,000
These forms of global are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Der Klimawandel ist ein globales Problem mit globalen Folgen.
Climate change is a global problem with global consequences.
Die globale Erwärmung betrifft alle Länder.
Global warming affects all countries.
How common is global?
global is number 3,372 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words. Its most frequent form is globalen (#2,371).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,368Gesprächenconversations, talks (dative pl.)
- 3,369unterenlower, bottom
- 3,370veröffentlichtepublished (past tense)
- 3,371wussteknew
- 3,372globalglobal
- 3,373basiertis based (on)
- 3,374das Spektrumspectrum, range
- 3,375IsraelsIsrael's, of Israel (genitive)
- 3,376Hundedogs
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,372
- The most common German adjectives#566
- German B2 vocabulary#712
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.