German adjective · CEFR A2
leer
Meaning in English: empty
Example
Der Kühlschrank ist schon wieder leer.
The fridge is empty again.
How common is leer?
leer is number 3,145 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 27 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,141kostenlosenfree (of charge)
- 3,142normalennormal, ordinary
- 3,143Tierenanimals (dative plural)
- 3,144der Hektarhectare
- 3,145leerempty
- 3,146unterschiedlicherdifferent, various (inflected)
- 3,147kontrolliertchecked, controlled
- 3,148versprechento promise
- 3,149entnehmento take (from), to gather (from)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,145
- The most common German adjectives#530
- German A2 vocabulary#685
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.