unterschiedlich
Meaning in English: different, varying
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Die Geschwister sind total unterschiedlich.
The siblings are completely different.
Forms of unterschiedlich in the top 5,000
These forms of unterschiedlich are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Wir kommen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Ländern.
We come from very different countries.
Wir haben ganz unterschiedliche Meinungen dazu.
We have very different opinions on that.
In der Klasse sind Kinder unterschiedlicher Herkunft.
There are children of different backgrounds in the class.
Hier treffen sich Menschen aus den unterschiedlichsten Ländern.
People from all kinds of countries meet here.
How common is unterschiedlich?
unterschiedlich is number 2,016 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 45 times per million words — about once every 22,000 words. Its most frequent form is unterschiedlichen (#776).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 2,012Artenkinds, types, species
- 2,013Bedürfnisseneeds
- 2,014sprachenspoke, talked (past)
- 2,015das Quartalquarter (of a year)
- 2,016unterschiedlichdifferent, varying
- 2,017Diensteservices
- 2,018Rahmenbedingungengeneral conditions, framework
- 2,019die Spitzetop, tip, peak; lace
- 2,020die Traditiontradition
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,016
- The most common German adjectives#302
- German B1 vocabulary#643
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.