PRIME SERIES: Adverbs of Manner/Adjectives

In German, an adjective in its base (undeclined) form is normally used directly as an adverb of manner.

schnell

quick; quickly; fast

langsam

slow; slowly

gut

good; well

schlecht

bad; badly

groß

big; on a large scale; large; largely

klein

small; on a small scale; little; a little

hoch

high; highly

niedrig

low; low

lang

long; for a long time

kurz

short; briefly

früh

early; early

spät

late; late

neu

new; newly

alt

old; formerly; elderly

jung

young; youthfully

richtig

right; rightly; correct; correctly

falsch

wrong; wrongly; false; falsely

leicht

easy; easily; light; lightly

schwer

difficult; with difficulty; heavy; heavily

einfach

simple; simply; easy; easily

wichtig

important; importantly

möglich

possible; possibly

notwendig

necessary; necessarily

besser

better; better

best

best; best

schlechter

worse; worse

schlimm

bad; badly; terrible; terribly

schön

beautiful; beautifully; nice; nicely

hässlich

ugly; unpleasantly

warm

warm; warmly

kalt

cold; coldly

heiß

hot; hotly

kühl

cool; coolly

trocken

dry; dryly

nass

wet

hell

bright; brightly; light; lightly

dunkel

dark; darkly

laut

loud; loudly

leise

quiet; quietly; soft; softly

ruhig

calm; calmly; quiet; quietly

stark

strong; strongly

schwach

weak; weakly

hart

hard; hard; tough; toughly

weich

soft; softly

voll

full; fully

leer

empty

sauber

clean; cleanly; neat; neatly

schmutzig

dirty; dirtily

reich

rich; richly

arm

poor; poorly

freundlich

friendly; in a friendly way; kind; kindly

unfreundlich

unfriendly; unfriendly

nett

nice; nicely; kind; kindly

höflich

polite; politely

unhöflich

impolite; impolitely

ehrlich

honest; honestly

unehrlich

dishonest; dishonestly

offen

open; openly; frank; frankly

geschlossen

closed

frei

free; freely

besetzt

occupied

fertig

finished; completely

bereit

ready

interessant

interesting; interestingly

langweilig

boring

glücklich

happy; happily

unglücklich

unhappy; unhappily

traurig

sad; sadly

fröhlich

cheerful; cheerfully

ernst

serious; seriously

lustig

funny; amusingly

krank

ill

gesund

healthy; healthily

müde

tired

wach

awake

hungrig

hungry

durstig

thirsty

satt

full

vorsichtig

careful; carefully; cautious; cautiously

sorgfältig

careful; carefully; thorough; thoroughly; meticulous

geduldig

patient; patiently

ungeduldig

impatient; impatiently

fleißig

hard-working; diligently

faul

lazy; lazily

aktiv

active; actively

passiv

passive; passively

klar

clear; clearly; obvious; understandable

deutlich

clear; clearly; distinct; distinctly; explicit; explicitly

genau

exact; exactly; precise; precisely

perfekt

perfect; perfectly

normal

normal; normally

besonders

special; especially; particular

typisch

typical; typically

anders

different; differently

ähnlich

similar; similarly

gleich

equal; equally; same; likewise

wirklich

really; truly

tatsächlich

actually; in fact; indeed

frisch

fresh; freshly

modern

modern; modernly