spannend
Meaning in English: exciting, gripping
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Der Krimi war bis zum Ende spannend.
The crime novel was gripping to the end.
Forms of spannend in the top 5,000
These forms of spannend are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Das war eine spannende Geschichte.
That was an exciting story.
Gestern haben wir einen spannenden Film gesehen.
Yesterday we watched an exciting film.
How common is spannend?
spannend is number 2,738 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 33 times per million words — about once every 31,000 words. Its most frequent form is spannende (#1,761).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,734aktivenactive
- 2,735Tätigkeitenactivities, tasks
- 2,736eindeutigclear, clearly, unambiguous
- 2,737bestelltordered
- 2,738spannendexciting, gripping
- 2,739verletzteinjured
- 2,740monatlichmonthly
- 2,741die Barrierefreiheitaccessibility (step-free)
- 2,742verbreitetwidespread, common
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,738
- The most common German adjectives#429
- German A2 vocabulary#614
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.