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German adjective · CEFR B1

zentral

Meaning in English: central(ly)

Rank 3,441 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B15 forms in the list
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Example

Die Wohnung liegt sehr zentral.

The flat is very centrally located.

Forms of zentral in the top 5,000

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

zentrale#931
centralB2

Das Hotel hat eine sehr zentrale Lage.
The hotel is very centrally located.

zentralen#1,563
centralB1

Das Hotel liegt in einer zentralen Lage.
The hotel is centrally located.

zentraler#3,907
central, more centralB1

In deinem Text fehlt ein zentraler Punkt.
A central point is missing from your text.

zentrales#4,883
centralB1

Das ist ein zentrales Thema in unserem Kurs.
That's a central topic in our course.

How common is zentral?

zentral is number 3,441 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 41,000 words. Its most frequent form is zentrale (#931).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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. 3,437gebrauchtneeded; used, second-hand
  2. 3,438die Chemiechemistry
  3. 3,439aktualisiertupdated
  4. 3,440keinerleino … whatsoever, no … at all
  5. 3,441zentralcentral(ly)
  6. 3,442zumalespecially since, all the more so as
  7. 3,443der Übergangtransition; crossing
  8. 3,444geimpftvaccinated
  9. 3,445natürlichennatural

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