GCSE word lists for French, German, and Spanish_german example list.xlsx

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	I
1	rank frequency	part of speech	m	English equivalent	Tier F	Tier H	Selection principle	Key to frequencies:

2	1455	adj	abhängig (von + noun)	dependent (on + noun)		H	O	In Routledge + three other corpora
3	437	adj	ähnlich	similar	F	H	O	In Routledge + two other corpora
4	138	adj	alt	old	F	H	O	In Routledge + one other corpora
5	2214	adj	angenehm	pleasant		H	O>	In Routledge only
6	3493	adj	anstrengend	exhausting, strenuous		H	O>	>2000
7	1475	adj	arm	poor	F	H	O
8	1383	adj	bayrisch	Bavarian		H	O	Key to selection principles:
9	319	adj	bekannt	well-known, famous	F	H	O	R = required
10	1873	adj	beliebt	popular	F	H	O	O = optional (in most common 2000)
11	1268	adj	bereit	ready	F	H	O	O> = optional (outside most common 2000)
12	1190	adj	berliner	(of) Berlin		H	O	C = one of 20 cultural items
13	1379	adj	berühmt	famous	F	H	O	mwp = one of 30 L2 entries of more than one word
14	512	adj	besondere (r, s)	special, particular	F	H	O
15	n/a	adj	bi(sexuell)	bisexual	F	H	O>
16	948	adj	blau	blue	F	H	O
17	2004	adj	blöd	stupid, dumb		H	O>
18	2320	adj	braun	brown	F	H	O>
19	847	adj	breit	wide, broad	F	H	O
20	1419	adj	britisch	British	F	H	O
21	314	adj	der/die/das beste	the best (pre-noun)		H	R
22	118	adj	der/die/das höchste	the highest (pre-noun)		H	R
23	378	adj	der/die/das meiste	the most (pre-noun)		H	R
24	237	adj	der/die/das nächste	the next, nearest (pre-noun)		H	R
25	112	adj	deutsch	German	F	H	O
26	1074	adj	dick	thick, fat	F	H	O
27	n/a	adj	dritt-	third	F	H	O>
28	706	adj	dunkel	dark	F	H	O
29	1739	adj	dünn	thin		H	O
30	883	adj	ehemalig	former		H	O
31	166	adj	eigen	own	F	H	O
32	343	adj	einzig	only, single	F	H	O
33	662	adj	englisch	English	F	H	O
34	1621	adj	entfernt	distant, away	F	H	O
35	95	adj	erste (r, s)	first	F	H	O
36	1309	adj	euer	your (informal, pl) (m, nt)	F	H	R
37	1309	adj	eure	your (informal, pl) (f, pl)	F	H	R
38	335	adj	europäisch	European	F	H	O
39	4856	adj	faul	lazy	F	H	O>
40	n/a	adj	fertig	ready, finished	F	H	O>
41	816	adj	französisch	French	F	H	O
42	859	adj	fremd	foreign, strange	F	H	O
43	1566	adj	freundlich	kind, nice, friendly	F	H	O
44	1260	adj	frisch	fresh	F	H	O
45	1424	adj	froh	happy, glad	F	H	O
46	1446	adj	gelb	yellow	F	H	O
47	3872	adj	gemütlich	comfortable, cosy		H	O>
48	2080	adj	gerecht	just, fair		H	O>
49	504	adj	gering	low, small		H	O
50	3395	adj	gespannt	curious, excited, tense		H	O>
51	1070	adj	glücklich	happy, fortunate	F	H	O
52	1560	adj	grau	grey	F	H	O
53	67	adj	groß	big, tall, great	F	H	O
54	682	adj	grün	green	F	H	O
55	1526	adj	günstig	cheap, favourable, good	F	H	O
56	443	adj	halb	half	F	H	O
57	728	adj	hart	hard	F	H	O
58	1195	adj	heiß	hot	F	H	O
59	n/a	adj	hetero(sexuell)	heterosexual	F	H	O>
60	3863	adj	hilfreich	helpful		H	O>
61	118	adj	hoch	high, tall	F	H	R
62	2596	adj	hübsch	pretty		H	O>
63	27	adj	Ihr	your (formal) (m, nt)	F	H	R
64	27	adj	ihr**	her, its, their (m, nt)	F	H	R
65	27	adj	ihre	her, its, their (f, pl)	F	H	R
66	27	adj	Ihre	your (formal) (f, pl)	F	H	R
67	810	adj	interessant	interesting	F	H	O
68	1839	adj	jährig	year-old		H	O
69	199	adj	jung	young	F	H	O
70	887	adj	kalt	cold	F	H	O
71	2950	adj	kaputt	broken, ruined	F	H	O>
72	239	adj	klar	clear	F	H	O
73	882	adj	klassisch	classical	F	H	O
74	110	adj	klein	small, little	F	H	O
75	638	adj	knapp	scarce, slim		H	O
76	1875	adj	komisch	funny, strange		H	O
77	1321	adj	krank	sick, ill	F	H	O
78	1033	adj	kulturell	cultural	F	H	O
79	890	adj	künftig	future		H	O
80	1840	adj	künstlich	artificial		H	O
81	176	adj	kurz	short	F	H	O
82	97	adj	lang	long	F	H	O
83	1387	adj	langfristig	long-term		H	O
84	526	adj	langsam	slow	F	H	O
85	3019	adj	langweilig	boring	F	H	O>
86	773	adj	laut*	loud	F	H	O
87	n/a	adj	lecker	tasty, delicious	F	H	O>
88	874	adj	leer	empty	F	H	O
89	311	adj	leicht	light, easy	F	H	O
90	n/a	adj	lesbisch	lesbian	F	H	O>
91	152	adj	letzt-(er, e, es), letzte	last (m, f, nt), (pl)	F	H	R
92	897	adj	lieb	dear, kind	F	H	O
93	871	adj	linke (r, s)	left	F	H	O
94	2988	adj	locker	loose, relaxed	F	H	O>
95	1973	adj	lustig	funny, enjoyable	F	H	O
96	920	adj	medizinisch	medical		H	O
97	811	adj	menschlich	human		H	O
98	747	adj	modern	modern	F	H	O
99	171	adj	möglich	possible	F	H	O
100	2000	adj	müde	tired	F	H	O