German adjective · CEFR B2
oberste
Meaning in English: top, highest, supreme
This is a form of oberster, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Die oberste Schublade klemmt.
The top drawer is stuck.
How common is oberste?
oberste is number 4,408 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 54,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,404der Weltmeisterworld champion
- 4,405folgtenfollowed
- 4,406stellvertretendedeputy, acting
- 4,407trockendry
- 4,408oberstetop, highest, supreme
- 4,409der JännerJanuary (Austrian)
- 4,410stattgefundentaken place
- 4,411die Verteidigungdefence
- 4,412die Entstehungorigin, formation, emergence
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- The 5,000 most common German words#4,408
- The most common German adjectives#795
- German B2 vocabulary#1,055
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