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German adjective · CEFR A2

normal

Meaning in English: normal, usual

Rank 3,069 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A23 forms in the list

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Example

Ist es normal, dass der Zug so voll ist?

Is it normal for the train to be this full?

Forms of normal in the top 5,000

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

normalen#3,142
normal, ordinaryA2

An normalen Tagen stehe ich um sechs auf.
On normal days I get up at six.

normale#4,529
normalA2

Das ist eine ganz normale Reaktion.
That's a perfectly normal reaction.

How common is normal?

normal is number 3,069 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 35,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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

  1. 3,065erschienenpublished, appeared
  2. 3,066OlympischenOlympic
  3. 3,067hörthears, listens
  4. 3,068das Bündnisalliance
  5. 3,069normalnormal, usual
  6. 3,070der Leserreader(s)
  7. 3,071hängento hang
  8. 3,072das Abiturschool-leaving exam (A levels)
  9. 3,073fliegento fly

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