tief
Meaning in English: deep, low
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Der See ist an dieser Stelle sehr tief.
The lake is very deep at this spot.
Forms of tief in the top 5,000
These forms of tief are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Er hat eine sehr tiefe Stimme.
He has a very deep voice.
Der See ist tiefer, als er aussieht.
The lake is deeper than it looks.
Nimm einen tiefen Atemzug und entspann dich.
Take a deep breath and relax.
How common is tief?
tief is number 2,123 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 43 times per million words — about once every 23,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 2,119das Konzertconcert
- 2,120nahmentook (past)
- 2,121der Einblickinsight, glimpse
- 2,122die Szenescene
- 2,123tiefdeep, low
- 2,124häufigermore often, more frequent
- 2,125vielfältigendiverse, varied (inflected)
- 2,126offeneopen (inflected)
- 2,127die Strategiestrategy
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,123
- The most common German adjectives#318
- German A2 vocabulary#488
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.