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German adjective · CEFR B1

traditionell

Meaning in English: traditional(ly)

Rank 3,276 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B13 forms in the list

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Example

An Heiligabend essen wir traditionell Kartoffelsalat.

On Christmas Eve we traditionally eat potato salad.

Forms of traditionell in the top 5,000

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

traditionellen#3,297
traditionalB1

Beim Fest tragen viele einen traditionellen Hut.
Many people wear a traditional hat at the festival.

traditionelle#4,037
traditionalB1

Beim Fest gibt es traditionelle Musik und Tänze.
There's traditional music and dancing at the festival.

How common is traditionell?

traditionell is number 3,276 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 38,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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

  1. 3,272kleinerensmaller
  2. 3,273ausgewählteselected
  3. 3,274abgebento hand in, to give away
  4. 3,275die Qualifikationqualification
  5. 3,276traditionelltraditional(ly)
  6. 3,277erlernento learn, to acquire
  7. 3,278quasimore or less, virtually
  8. 3,279der IranIran
  9. 3,280extraextra, specially, separately

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