German adjective · CEFR A1
traurig
Meaning in English: sad
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Feelings and emotions in German list.
Example
Warum bist du heute so traurig?
Why are you so sad today?
How common is traurig?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, traurig appears 12 times per million words — about once every 87,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- Feelings and emotions in German26 words
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