Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #54
Word (Wort)

gut

Translation (Übersetzung) good, well
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /guːt/
A1
Adjectives
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common adjective positive evaluation
Adjective meaning 'good' or adverb meaning 'well'. Most common positive evaluation word. Fifty-fourth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Das ist ein gutes Buch.
That is a good book.
adjective
Er spielt gut.
He plays well.
adverb
Wie geht es dir? Gut!
How are you? Good!
response
Das ist besser als das andere.
That is better than the other.
comparative

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
gut sein
to be good
High frequency
gut machen
to do well, to do a good job
High frequency
gut gehen
to go well, to be fine
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
gut gehen
to go well, to be fine
Asking or stating that things are okay
so gut wie
as good as, almost
Expressing near completion or equivalence
Synonyms (Synonyme)
schön Medium similarity
Beautiful, nice (different meaning but positive)
toll High similarity
Great, awesome (more informal, stronger)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
schlecht
Bad (opposite)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

besser beste schlecht Adjektiv

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