German adjective · CEFR B2

kritisch

Meaning in English: critical, critically

Rank 2,757 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B23 forms in the list
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Example

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:

kritische#4,449
criticalB1

Er stellt immer kritische Fragen.
He always asks critical questions.

kritischen#4,688
criticalB1

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

  1. 2,753Generationengenerations
  2. 2,754einfachensimple, easy
  3. 2,755die Agenturagency
  4. 2,756der Baumtree
  5. 2,757kritischcritical, critically
  6. 2,758zulässigpermitted, allowed
  7. 2,759täglichendaily
  8. 2,760engeclose, narrow, tight
  9. 2,761die Innovationinnovation

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