gründlich
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- thorough
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gründlich in a sentence
Ich möchte die Wohnung gründlich reinigen, bevor der Besuch kommt.
I want to clean the apartment thoroughly before the guests arrive.
Comparative and superlative
gründlich → gründlicher → am gründlichsten
Word family
gründlich is built from grün (green). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Words built on gründlich:
Where gründlich comes from
mittelhochdeutsch grüntlich „auf den Grund gehend“ vom althochdeutschen Adverb gruntlīhho
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Questions about gründlich
What is the comparative of gründlich?
gründlich → gründlicher → am gründlichsten.
What does gründlich mean in English?
gründlich means "thorough". For example: "Ich möchte die Wohnung gründlich reinigen, bevor der Besuch kommt." — "I want to clean the apartment thoroughly before the guests arrive."
What level is gründlich in German?
gründlich is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the positive character traits vocabulary.
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