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German adjective · CEFR A1

schlecht

Meaning in English: bad, badly

Rank 1,780 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A14 forms in the list
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Example

Mir ist ein bisschen schlecht.

I feel a bit sick.

Forms of schlecht in the top 5,000

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

schlechte#3,057
bad, poorA1

Ich habe leider schlechte Nachrichten.
I'm afraid I have bad news.

schlechter#3,409
worseA2

Das Wetter wird morgen schlechter.
The weather will get worse tomorrow.

schlechten#3,809
badA1

Ich hatte heute einen schlechten Tag.
I had a bad day today.

How common is schlecht?

schlecht is number 1,780 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 52 times per million words — about once every 19,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,776Angehörigenrelatives, family members
  2. 1,777geschriebenwritten
  3. 1,778Neinno
  4. 1,779Anlagenfacilities, systems, attachments
  5. 1,780schlechtbad, badly
  6. 1,781der Ministerpräsident(state) premier, prime minister
  7. 1,782letztlichultimately, in the end
  8. 1,783vorneat the front, ahead
  9. 1,784nahezualmost, nearly

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