German adjective · CEFR B1
nahe
Meaning in English: near, close
Example
Wir suchen eine Wohnung nahe der Uni.
We're looking for a flat near the university.
How common is nahe?
nahe is number 1,312 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 70 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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
- 1,308gespeichertsaved, stored
- 1,309die Linieline, route
- 1,310der Schadendamage, harm
- 1,311plötzlichsuddenly
- 1,312nahenear, close
- 1,313die Weiterbildungfurther training
- 1,314vermeidento avoid
- 1,315der Sprecherspokesman, speaker
- 1,316verändertchanged
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,312
- The most common German adjectives#188
- German B1 vocabulary#392
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.