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German adjective · CEFR B1

negativ

Meaning in English: negative

Rank 3,597 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B13 forms in the list

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Example

Mein Test war zum Glück negativ.

Luckily my test was negative.

Forms of negativ in the top 5,000

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

negativen#3,379
negativeB1

Er sieht immer nur die negativen Seiten.
He only ever sees the negative sides.

negative#4,390
negativeB1

Ich habe leider eine negative Antwort bekommen.
Unfortunately I got a negative answer.

How common is negativ?

negativ is number 3,597 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words. Its most frequent form is negativen (#3,379).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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. 3,593verlegtmoved, relocated; laid; mislaid
  2. 3,594äußernto express, to voice
  3. 3,595wem(to) whom (dative)
  4. 3,596hinweisento point out, to draw attention to
  5. 3,597negativnegative
  6. 3,598blickento look, to glance
  7. 3,599Profisprofessionals, pros
  8. 3,600globaleglobal
  9. 3,601der Stilstyle

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