German adjective · CEFR A2
linke
Meaning in English: left; left-wing (inflected)
This is a form of link, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are linken.
Example
Mir tut die linke Schulter weh.
My left shoulder hurts.
How common is linke?
linke is number 2,161 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 42 times per million words — about once every 24,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 2,157Flächenareas, surfaces
- 2,158erscheinento appear, to be published
- 2,159behaltento keep; to remember
- 2,160reduzierento reduce
- 2,161linkeleft; left-wing (inflected)
- 2,162Bundesländernfederal states (dative plural)
- 2,163das Handymobile phone, cell phone
- 2,164feiertcelebrates
- 2,165WeihnachtenChristmas
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,161
- The most common German adjectives#325
- German A2 vocabulary#500
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.