kritisch
Meaning in English: critical, critically
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Er sieht das Projekt eher kritisch.
He is rather sceptical about the project.
Forms of kritisch in the top 5,000
These forms of kritisch are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Er stellt immer kritische Fragen.
He always asks critical questions.
Sie warf mir einen kritischen Blick zu.
She gave me a critical look.
How common is kritisch?
kritisch is number 2,757 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 32 times per million words — about once every 31,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 2,753Generationengenerations
- 2,754einfachensimple, easy
- 2,755die Agenturagency
- 2,756der Baumtree
- 2,757kritischcritical, critically
- 2,758zulässigpermitted, allowed
- 2,759täglichendaily
- 2,760engeclose, narrow, tight
- 2,761die Innovationinnovation
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,757
- The most common German adjectives#437
- German B2 vocabulary#527
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.