German adjective · CEFR B1
sinnvoll
Meaning in English: sensible, useful, meaningful
Example
Es ist sinnvoll, früh zu buchen.
It makes sense to book early.
How common is sinnvoll?
sinnvoll is number 1,389 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 66 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Related words in the list
sinnvoll is built from der Sinn (sense, meaning) + voll (full).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,385die Heimathome, homeland
- 1,386sichernto secure, to back up
- 1,387das Gebietarea, region, field
- 1,388entdeckento discover
- 1,389sinnvollsensible, useful, meaningful
- 1,390Unternehmensof the company (genitive)
- 1,391die Industrieindustry
- 1,392das Anliegenconcern, request
- 1,393das Gymnasiumgrammar school, high school
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,389
- The most common German adjectives#194
- German B1 vocabulary#420
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