Here is the list of most common German adjective with their comparative & Superlative degree that you must know. In Komparativ degree, generally -er ending is used while in Superlativ degree, am+sten ending is used. Adjectives are used to describe noun or pronoun in German language.
Ofcourse like any other language, it also has its own exceptions, similarly here we will also see some adjectives that doesn’t follow this general rule in Komparativ and Superlativ degree.
List of Most Important German Adjective
| Englisch | Positiv | Komparativ | Superlativ |
| Thick | dick | dicker | am dicksten |
| Thin | dünn | dünner | am dünnsten |
| Bad | schlecht | schlechter | am schlechtesten |
| Costly | teuer | teuerer | am teuersten |
| Long | lang | länger | am längsten |
| short | kurz | Kürzer | am kürzesten |
| Big | groß | größer | am größten |
| small | Klein | Kleiner | am kleinsten |
| Close/near | nah | näher | am nächsten |
| High | hoch | höher | am höchsten |
| good | gut | besser | am besten |
| gladly | gern | lieber | am liebsten |
| much | viel | mehr | am meisten |
| old | alt | älter | am ältesten |
| poor | arm | ärmer | am ärmsten |
| stupid | dumm | dümmer | am dümmsten |
| Clever | klug | klüger | am klügsten |
| healthy | gesund | gesunder/ gesünder | am gesundesten/ gesündesten |
| coarse/impolite | grob | gröber | am gröbsten |
| hard | hart | härter | am härtesten |
| Young | Jung | jünger | am jüngesten |
| cold | Kalt | kälter | am kältesten |
| often | oft | öfter | am öftesten |
| sharp/spicy | scharf | schärfer | am schärfsten |
| weak | schwach | schwächer | am schwächsten |
| strong | streng | strenger | am strengsten |
| black | Schwarz | schwärzer | am schwärzesten |
| warm | warm | Wärmer | am wärmsten |
| friendly | freundlich | freundlicher | am freundlichsten |
| hot | heiß | heißer | am heißesten |
| sour | sauer | saurer | am sauersten |
| funny | lustig | lustiger | am lustigsten |
| exciting | spannend | spannender | am spannendsten |
| rarely | selten | seltener | am seltensten |
German steigerbare Adjektive
These are German Adjective with no comparison degree. One cannot increase the degree of these adjectives. For example “Tot” which means dead in German, here you can’t make it’s comparative degree like Toter. Let’s see some common German steigerbare Adjektive.
tot (dead)
falsch (false)
richtig (right)
voll (full)
fertig (finished)
leer (empty)
perfekt (perfect)
einmalig (unique)
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