German adjective · CEFR B2
real
Meaning in English: real
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Die Gefahr ist durchaus real.
The danger is very real.
How common is real?
real is number 3,694 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 44,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,690das Heimspielhome game
- 3,691ratento advise; to guess
- 3,692Erinnerungenmemories
- 3,693innovativeninnovative
- 3,694realreal
- 3,695rotred
- 3,696weichento give way (to), to yield
- 3,697der MittwochabendWednesday evening
- 3,698ausprobierento try out
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,694
- The most common German adjectives#632
- German B2 vocabulary#815
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.