German adjective · CEFR B1

verantwortlich

Meaning in English: responsible

Rank 1,051 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Wer ist hier für die Kasse verantwortlich?

Who is responsible for the till here?

Forms of verantwortlich in the top 5,000

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

verantwortliche#4,481
responsible, in chargeB2

Die verantwortliche Lehrerin war nicht da.
The teacher in charge wasn't there.

How common is verantwortlich?

verantwortlich is number 1,051 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 86 times per million words — about once every 12,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% 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. 1,047angesichtsin view of, given
  2. 1,048welcherwhich
  3. 1,049geführtled, run, guided
  4. 1,050der Überblickoverview
  5. 1,051verantwortlichresponsible
  6. 1,052persönlichepersonal
  7. 1,053völligcompletely, totally
  8. 1,054der Prozessprocess, trial
  9. 1,055trägtcarries, wears

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