German adjective · CEFR A2
verboten
Meaning in English: forbidden, prohibited
This is a form of verbieten, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Rauchen ist hier verboten.
Smoking is prohibited here.
How common is verboten?
verboten is number 2,406 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 37 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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
- 2,402verkaufento sell
- 2,403durchführento carry out, to conduct
- 2,404anlässlichon the occasion of
- 2,405erleichternto make easier, to relieve
- 2,406verbotenforbidden, prohibited
- 2,407Appsapps
- 2,408Räumenrooms (dative plural)
- 2,409der Gewinnprofit; prize, win
- 2,410stammtcomes from, originates
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,406
- The most common German adjectives#368
- German A2 vocabulary#545
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.