nötig
Meaning in English: necessary
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Ein Anruf ist nicht nötig, schreib einfach kurz.
A call isn't necessary, just send a quick message.
Forms of nötig in the top 5,000
These forms of nötig are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Hast du die nötige Geduld dafür?
Do you have the patience it takes?
Hast du alle nötigen Unterlagen dabei?
Have you got all the necessary documents with you?
How common is nötig?
nötig is number 1,236 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 74 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,232ausreichendsufficient, enough
- 1,233die Bewegungmovement, exercise
- 1,234die Reisetrip, journey
- 1,235der Winterwinter
- 1,236nötignecessary
- 1,237rechnento calculate, to expect
- 1,238individuelleindividual, personal
- 1,239anhandby means of, based on
- 1,240die Betreuungcare, supervision
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,236
- The most common German adjectives#174
- German B1 vocabulary#367
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.