intensiv
Meaning in English: intensive, intense
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Wir haben uns intensiv auf die Prüfung vorbereitet.
We prepared intensively for the exam.
Forms of intensiv in the top 5,000
These forms of intensiv are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Das war eine intensive Woche.
That was an intense week.
Nach einem intensiven Training war ich völlig fertig.
After an intense workout I was completely worn out.
How common is intensiv?
intensiv is number 2,130 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 43 times per million words — about once every 23,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 2,126offeneopen (inflected)
- 2,127die Strategiestrategy
- 2,128kümmernto take care of, to look after
- 2,129EnglischEnglish (language)
- 2,130intensivintensive, intense
- 2,131Flüchtlingerefugees
- 2,132Tonnentonnes, tons; bins
- 2,133kommunalenmunicipal, local (inflected)
- 2,134die Hallehall
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,130
- The most common German adjectives#321
- German B2 vocabulary#352
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.