German adjective · CEFR B1
historische
Meaning in English: historic, historical (inflected)
This is a form of historisch, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are historischen.
Example
Die historische Altstadt ist wunderschön.
The historic old town is beautiful.
How common is historische?
historische is number 2,382 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 38 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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
- 2,378jenethose, that (formal)
- 2,379sicheresafe, secure (inflected)
- 2,380die Stärkungstrengthening; refreshment
- 2,381weitgehendlargely, to a great extent
- 2,382historischehistoric, historical (inflected)
- 2,383gesundhealthy
- 2,384nachhaltigensustainable (inflected)
- 2,385gesetzlichlegal, statutory
- 2,386der Schnittcut; average (im Schnitt)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,382
- The most common German adjectives#362
- German B1 vocabulary#766
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.