German adjective · CEFR B2
schlicht
Meaning in English: simple, plain; simply
Example
Das ist schlicht falsch.
That's simply wrong.
How common is schlicht?
schlicht is number 4,415 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 54,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,411die Verteidigungdefence
- 4,412die Entstehungorigin, formation, emergence
- 4,413jährlicheannual, yearly
- 4,414die Ferienholidays, vacation
- 4,415schlichtsimple, plain; simply
- 4,416damaligethen, of that time
- 4,417das Rezeptrecipe, prescription
- 4,418handelteacted, traded; was about
- 4,419sicherstellento ensure, to make sure
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,415
- The most common German adjectives#797
- German B2 vocabulary#1,057
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