Vokabahn

böse

A1 Adjective / Adverb frequency rank #1,073

What böse means

Adjective

  1. evil; malicious; wicked
  2. bad; naughty
  3. mean, dark (of jokes, satire, tricks, etc.)
  4. angry

Adverb

  1. nastily, evilly

Forms

Adjective | Adverb

Pronunciation

böse in a sentence

Er ist ein böser Mensch.

He is an evil person.

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böse is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #1,073 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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