Poor - Arm (The 1475th Most Common German Word)

The German word for Poor is Arm. It is the 1475th most commonly used word in German, classified as a A2 word. It can be used as adjective. This word often comes up when talking about people, lifestyle & free time, emotions. You can listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: poor

German: arm

Examples


Nobody wants to be poor in my country.	Niemand will in meinem Lande arm sein.
You don't know what it's like to be poor.	Du hast keine Ahnung, was es heißt, arm zu sein.
He was very poor.	Er war sehr arm.
You're poor.	Du bist arm.
I'm not poor.	Ich bin nicht arm.
I'm poor.	Ich bin arm.
He is poor, but he doesn't care about money.	Er ist arm, aber Geld interessiert ihn nicht.
I was very poor in those days.	Damals war ich sehr arm.

Because he was poor, he had to give up school.	Weil er arm war, musste er die Schule aufgeben.
He is wealthy, but his older brother is poor.	Er ist reich, doch sein älterer Bruder ist arm.
Don't be ashamed of being poor.	Schämen Sie sich nicht, arm zu sein.
Even though he was poor, he was happy.	Obwohl er arm war, war er glücklich.
He didn't like being poor.	Er war nicht gerne arm.
He is poor and could not buy a coat.	Er ist arm und konnte sich keinen Mantel kaufen.
He's poor, and couldn't buy himself a coat.	Er war arm und konnte sich keinen Mantel kaufen.
We were poor, but we were happy.	Früher waren wir arm, aber glücklich.
We're not poor.	Wir sind nicht arm.
They're very poor.	Sie sind sehr arm.
All of them are not poor.	Sie alle sind nicht arm.
Because all his friends were poor, too.	Denn alle seine Freunde waren auch arm.
We are poor, but we are happy.	Wir sind arm, aber glücklich.