German adjective · CEFR B1
zuverlässig
Meaning in English: reliable
Example
Unser neuer Kollege ist sehr zuverlässig.
Our new colleague is very reliable.
How common is zuverlässig?
zuverlässig is number 4,580 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 57,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,576unterrichtento teach
- 4,577zweierof two (genitive)
- 4,578Müttermothers
- 4,579verantwortento answer for, to take responsibility
- 4,580zuverlässigreliable
- 4,581die Oberstufeupper school, sixth form
- 4,582die Öffentlichkeitsarbeitpublic relations
- 4,583zusammenarbeitento work together, to cooperate
- 4,584Auflagenconditions, requirements; editions
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- The 5,000 most common German words#4,580
- The most common German adjectives#835
- German B1 vocabulary#1,491
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