German adjective · CEFR B2

massiv

Meaning in English: massive, severe; solid

Rank 2,765 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B23 forms in the list

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Example

Der Verkehr hat massiv zugenommen.
Traffic has increased massively.

Forms of massiv in the top 5,000

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

massiven#4,109

massive, solid, severeB2

Gegen den Plan gab es massiven Widerstand.
There was massive opposition to the plan.

massive#4,654

massive, huge, severeB2

Wir hatten massive Probleme mit dem Internet.
We had massive problems with the internet.

How common is massiv?

massiv is number 2,765 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

2,761die Innovationinnovation
2,762vereinenunite, combine
2,763Bundesländerfederal states
2,764das Portalportal (website); gateway
2,765massivmassive, severe; solid
2,766Einnahmenincome, revenue
2,767der Nachwuchsoffspring; young talent
2,768einigerof some (genitive)
2,769angegebenstated, given; showed off

In these word lists

The 5,000 most common German words#2,765
The most common German adjectives#441
German B2 vocabulary#530

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