German adjective · CEFR A2
riesige
Meaning in English: huge, gigantic
This is a form of riesig, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are riesigen.
Example
Wir hatten eine riesige Pizza.
We had a huge pizza.
How common is riesige?
riesige is number 4,452 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 55,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,448gesundheitlichehealth, health-related
- 4,449kritischecritical
- 4,450die Gesundheitsförderunghealth promotion
- 4,451angebrachtappropriate; attached, mounted
- 4,452riesigehuge, gigantic
- 4,453angesehenlooked at, watched; respected
- 4,454enttäuschtdisappointed
- 4,455Damenladies
- 4,456stürztefell, crashed; overthrew
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,452
- The most common German adjectives#809
- German A2 vocabulary#894
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.