German adjective · CEFR A2

leicht

Meaning in English: easy, light

Rank 530 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A24 forms in the list
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Example

Die Aufgabe ist ziemlich leicht.

The exercise is fairly easy.

Forms of leicht in the top 5,000

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

leichter#1,694
easier, lighterA2

Mit dem Fahrrad ist es viel leichter.
It's much easier by bike.

leichte#2,722
light, easyA2

Das war eine leichte Aufgabe.
That was an easy task.

leichten#4,158
light, easy, slightA2

Ich habe einen leichten Schnupfen.
I have a slight cold.

How common is leicht?

leicht is number 530 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 171 times per million words — about once every 5,800 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 59% 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

  1. 526meinmy
  2. 527andersdifferent(ly), otherwise
  3. 528richtigright, correct; really
  4. 529nachdemafter (conjunction)
  5. 530leichteasy, light
  6. 531das Internetinternet
  7. 532somitthus, therefore
  8. 533Monatenmonths (dative plural)
  9. 534eherrather, sooner

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