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German adjective · CEFR B1

ordentlich

Meaning in English: tidy, neat; proper

Rank 3,580 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B1
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Example

Ihr Zimmer ist immer ordentlich.

Her room is always tidy.

How common is ordentlich?

ordentlich is number 3,580 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words.

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. 3,576Fortbildungenfurther training courses
  2. 3,577endeteended
  3. 3,578üblichusual, customary
  4. 3,579Willenwill (accusative, dative)
  5. 3,580ordentlichtidy, neat; proper
  6. 3,581SyrienSyria
  7. 3,582abgelehntrejected, turned down
  8. 3,583zukünftigefuture
  9. 3,584Räumlichkeitenpremises, rooms

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