German adjective · CEFR A2
riesigen
Meaning in English: huge, giant
This is a form of riesig, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are riesige.
Example
Er kam mit einem riesigen Blumenstrauß.
He arrived with a huge bunch of flowers.
How common is riesigen?
riesigen is number 4,787 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 60,000 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
- 4,783der Ortsteildistrict, part of a town
- 4,784der Chorchoir
- 4,785festgehaltenheld on to; recorded, noted
- 4,786Mängeldefects, shortcomings
- 4,787riesigenhuge, giant
- 4,788Haarehair
- 4,789kräftigstrong, powerful; heavily
- 4,790nachhaltigermore sustainable; sustainable
- 4,791das Laborlaboratory, lab
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,787
- The most common German adjectives#887
- German A2 vocabulary#945
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.