sportlich
Meaning in English: sporty, athletic
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Mein Bruder ist sehr sportlich.
My brother is very sporty.
Forms of sportlich in the top 5,000
These forms of sportlich are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Der Marathon ist eine große sportliche Herausforderung.
The marathon is a big sporting challenge.
Er hat keine großen sportlichen Ambitionen.
He doesn't have any great sporting ambitions.
How common is sportlich?
sportlich is number 4,722 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words. Its most frequent form is sportliche (#3,760).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,718Paarecouples, pairs
- 4,719nationalnational
- 4,720zuversichtlichconfident, optimistic
- 4,721totedead
- 4,722sportlichsporty, athletic
- 4,723Bussebuses
- 4,724existiertexists
- 4,725spezialisiertspecialised
- 4,726die Gerechtigkeitjustice, fairness
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,722
- The most common German adjectives#872
- German A2 vocabulary#936
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.