ideal
Meaning in English: ideal
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Das Wetter ist ideal zum Wandern.
The weather is ideal for hiking.
Forms of ideal in the top 5,000
These forms of ideal are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Das ist die ideale Wohnung für uns.
This is the ideal flat for us.
How common is ideal?
ideal is number 3,568 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 42,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,564Vorträgetalks, lectures
- 3,565die Ausrichtungfocus, orientation; hosting
- 3,566produzierento produce
- 3,567die Reichweiterange, reach
- 3,568idealideal
- 3,569der Sängersinger
- 3,570empfangento receive; to welcome
- 3,571die Aussichtview; prospect
- 3,572intensiveintensive, intense
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,568
- The most common German adjectives#606
- German B1 vocabulary#1,145
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.