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German adjective · CEFR A2

sicher

Meaning in English: safe; sure, certainly

Rank 387 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A24 forms in the list
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Example

Bist du sicher, dass die Tür zu ist?

Are you sure the door is shut?

Forms of sicher in the top 5,000

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

sichere#2,379
safe, secure (inflected)A2

Wir suchen eine sichere Stelle für das Geld.
We're looking for a safe place for the money.

sicheren#2,795
safe, secureB1

Bewahre das Passwort an einem sicheren Ort auf.
Keep the password in a safe place.

sicherer#4,285
safer, more certainB1

Mit Helm ist Radfahren viel sicherer.
Cycling is much safer with a helmet.

How common is sicher?

sicher is number 387 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 227 times per million words — about once every 4,400 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 56% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Related words in the list

Words built on sicher:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 383sowohlboth (sowohl … als auch)
  2. 384Kindernchildren (dative plural)
  3. 385sechssix
  4. 386bekommento get, to receive
  5. 387sichersafe; sure, certainly
  6. 388weniglittle, not much
  7. 389würdenwould (we/they)
  8. 390das Angebotoffer; range; special offer
  9. 391gegenüberopposite; towards

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