Most Common 100 Words in German

die Zeit

time

das Beispiel

example

das Jahr

year

der Morgen

morning, tomorrow

das Stadt

city

ein

a, an, one

der, das, die

the; that (when stressed)

ich

I

du

you

er

he

es

it

sie

she, her, they, them

wir

we

ihr

you (plural)

Sie

you (formal)

mich

myself

dich

yourself

sich

oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves

mein

my

dein

your

sein

his

ihr

hers, their; your [singular & plural formal] [when capitalized]

unser

our

euer

your (informal, plural)

dieser, diese, dieses

this, these, that, those

mehr

more

man

you, one; we; somebody

kein, keine

no, none, not

nichts

nothing, not anything

lang

long, for a long time

neu

new, modern, recent

alt

old, ancient

viel

a lot, much, many

groß

big, tall, large

klein

small, short

ganz

whole, complete, entire; quite, really (as adjective)

andere / anderer / anderes

other

wie

how

wo

where

was

what

warum

why

geben

to give

sagen

to say, to tell

kommen

to come

wallen

to want

lassen

let

wissen

to know (a fact)

gehen

to go

haben

to have

sehen

to see

machen

to do, to make

sein

to be

werden

to become

ja

yes, really, certainly

nein

no

nich

not

auch

also, too

so

so, thus

etwa

about, approximately

vielleicht

maybe, perhaps

kaum

hardly

doch

but, yet; anyway

nur

only, just

hier

here

oben

above

unten

below

da

there; because

dann

then, next

wieder

again, once more

noch

still, yet

schon

already, yet

jetzt

now, currently

immer

always, -ever

mit

with

zu

to, towards, at, in, into, on for