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German adjective · CEFR A1

teuer

Meaning in English: expensive

Rank 2,421 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Das Hotel war leider ziemlich teuer.

Unfortunately the hotel was quite expensive.

Forms of teuer in the top 5,000

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

teurer#2,717
more expensiveA2

Im Winter ist das Obst oft teurer.
Fruit is often more expensive in winter.

How common is teuer?

teuer is number 2,421 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 37 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,417Wortenwords (dative plural)
  2. 2,418getragencarried, worn
  3. 2,419der Königking
  4. 2,420Ortenplaces (dative plural)
  5. 2,421teuerexpensive
  6. 2,422dahinthere (to that place), until then
  7. 2,423speziellenspecial, specific
  8. 2,424betrachtetlooked at, considered
  9. 2,425die Optionoption

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