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German adjective · CEFR A1

lang

Meaning in English: long

Rank 551 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A17 forms in the list

Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.

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Example

Der Film war mir zu lang.

The film was too long for me.

Forms of lang in the top 5,000

These forms of lang are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

länger#913
longerA2

Kannst du noch etwas länger bleiben?
Can you stay a bit longer?

langen#1,252
longA1

Nach einem langen Tag will ich nur noch schlafen.
After a long day I just want to sleep.

längere#2,948
longer, fairly longA2

Wir müssen leider eine längere Pause machen.
Unfortunately we have to take a longer break.

langer#3,253
long (inflected)A1

Das war ein langer Tag.
That was a long day.

längeren#3,909
longer, fairly longB1

Nach einer längeren Pause spielt sie wieder Klavier.
After a fairly long break she's playing the piano again.

langem#4,243
long (dative, as in seit langem)B1

Wir kennen uns schon seit langem.
We've known each other for a long time.

How common is lang?

lang is number 551 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 162 times per million words — about once every 6,200 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 59% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 547die Zahlnumber
  2. 548die Gruppegroup
  3. 549das Alterage
  4. 550erneutagain, once more
  5. 551langlong
  6. 552sofortimmediately, right away
  7. 553schließlichfinally, after all
  8. 554bislangso far, until now
  9. 555alleinalone; only

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