Very - Sehr (The 81st Most Common German Word)

The German word for Very is Sehr. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 81st most commonly used word in German. It can be used as adverb. This word often comes up when talking about measures. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: very

German: sehr

Examples


It's very good.	Es ist sehr gut.
I'm very fond of you.	Ich mag dich sehr.
Very well. Thank you.	Danke, sehr gut
Very good, thank you.	Sehr gut, danke.
Everything was very good.	Alles war sehr gut.
I know very well who you are.	Ich weiß sehr gut, wer du bist.
I love him very much.	Ich liebe ihn sehr.
Our team did very well.	Unsere Mannschaft hat sich sehr gut geschlagen.

It was a very big room.	Es war ein sehr großes Teil.
My father's room is very big.	Das Zimmer meines Vaters ist sehr geräumig.
This house is very small.	Dieses Haus ist sehr klein.
He gets along very well with his friends.	Er kommt sehr gut mit seinen Freunden aus.
You are young. I, on the contrary, am very old.	Du bist jung; ich hingegen bin sehr alt.
He was very poor.	Er war sehr arm.
I was very poor in those days.	Damals war ich sehr arm.
His office is very close to mine.	Sein Büro ist sehr nah bei meinem.
He is a very clever boy.	Er ist ein sehr pfiffiger Junge.
I also know the job won't be very well done.	Ich weiß auch, dass die Arbeit nicht sehr gut gemacht wird.
You have to work very hard	Sie müssen sehr hart arbeiten
Today was a very difficult day.	Heute war ein sehr harter Tag.
Their school looks very bad.	Ihre Schule sieht sehr schlecht aus.