formal

A1 Adjective frequency rank #5,185

What formal means

Adjective

formal (being in accord with established forms)

Pronunciation

formal in a sentence

Der Antrag wurde aus rein formalen Gründen abgelehnt.

The application was rejected on purely formal grounds.

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formal is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #5,185 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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