German adjective · CEFR B1

regional

Meaning in English: regional, locally

Rank 4,230 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B13 forms in the list

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Example

Wir kaufen möglichst regional ein.

We try to buy local produce.

Forms of regional in the top 5,000

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

regionalen#1,656
regional, localB1

Wir kaufen gern Gemüse von regionalen Bauern.
We like buying vegetables from local farmers.

regionale#1,748
regional, localB1

Auf dem Markt gibt es regionale Produkte.
The market has local produce.

How common is regional?

regional is number 4,230 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words. Its most frequent form is regionalen (#1,656).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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. 4,226Speisendishes, food
  2. 4,227Führungskräftemanagers, executives
  3. 4,228Filmenfilms (dative)
  4. 4,229der Tipptip, hint
  5. 4,230regionalregional, locally
  6. 4,231der Effekteffect
  7. 4,232der Rettungsdienstambulance service, EMS
  8. 4,233habhave (I, colloquial)
  9. 4,234verschaffento get, to obtain, to provide

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