German adjective · CEFR A2
ruhig
Meaning in English: quiet, calm
Example
Bleib ruhig, es ist nichts passiert.
Stay calm, nothing has happened.
How common is ruhig?
ruhig is number 3,753 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 45,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,749gelegensituated, located; convenient
- 3,750geleitetled, managed, run
- 3,751komplexecomplex
- 3,752westlichenwestern
- 3,753ruhigquiet, calm
- 3,754äußerteexpressed, voiced
- 3,755der Zentimetercentimetre
- 3,756der Patientpatient
- 3,757Maßemeasurements, dimensions
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.