sozial
Meaning in English: social, socially
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Sie engagiert sich sozial in ihrer Gemeinde.
She does social work in her community.
Forms of sozial in the top 5,000
These forms of sozial are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Sie verbringt viel Zeit in sozialen Netzwerken.
She spends a lot of time on social media.
Soziale Kontakte sind im Alter besonders wichtig.
Social contact is especially important in old age.
Sie macht ein freiwilliges soziales Jahr.
She is doing a voluntary social year.
Sie ist ein sehr sozialer Mensch.
She is a very sociable person.
How common is sozial?
sozial is number 3,969 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 47,000 words. Its most frequent form is sozialen (#600).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,965totaltotally, completely
- 3,966neuemnew (dative)
- 3,967stationäreninpatient, stationary
- 3,968die Visionvision
- 3,969sozialsocial, socially
- 3,970bemühttried hard, made an effort
- 3,971die Temperaturtemperature
- 3,972der Spieltagmatchday
- 3,973personenbezogenerpersonal (data)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,969
- The most common German adjectives#694
- German B1 vocabulary#1,285
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.