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German adjective · CEFR B2

wirksam

Meaning in English: effective

Rank 3,644 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B2
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Example

Das Medikament ist sehr wirksam.

The medicine is very effective.

How common is wirksam?

wirksam is number 3,644 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,640die Formelformula
  2. 3,641schriftlichenwritten
  3. 3,642gemeintmeant
  4. 3,643geleistetachieved, done, performed
  5. 3,644wirksameffective
  6. 3,645italienischenItalian
  7. 3,646der Bergmountain, hill
  8. 3,647die Anklagecharge, indictment; prosecution
  9. 3,648Touristentourists

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