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adverb
  1. very
  2. a lot, much

Forms

adverb

comparativemehr
superlativeam meisten

Used in the library

  • Wir sind sehr glücklich.We're very happy.A1Körper, Gesundheit und Menschen — The body, health and people (A1)
  • Das Kind leidet sehr.The child is suffering a lot.A1Tun und Bewegen — Doing and moving (A1)
  • Mein Onkel ist sehr lustig.My uncle is very funny.A1Denken und Fühlen — Thinking and feeling (A1)
  • Das Wasser ist sehr sauber.The water is very clean.A1Der Bodensee — Lake Constance

Other ways to say it

  • ausnehmendexceptionally, exquisitely
  • außerordentlichextraordinary (not ordinary), exceptional; outside of a set plan or order
  • derbeUsed as intensifier; very
  • echtauthentic, genuine, true; real; factual
  • enormenormous; very, so
  • erstaunlichamazing, impressive, surprising (contrary to or surpassing expectations, in a positive or neutral framing)
  • extremextreme
  • extremstmost extremely

Saying thank you

  • danke sehrthank you very muchLike vielen Dank, a shade more formal and more southern.

Making something stronger

  • sehrveryThe plain intensifier: sehr gut, sehr schön.

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