peinlich — embarrassing, awkward in German

adjectiveB1

Pronunciation

/ˈpainlɪç/

Quick Facts

Level

Frequency

58/100

Source Rank

#2,927

Drill this word through the corpus instead of reading it once.

Meaning Quiz

Level B1

Confusable Drill

Harder nearby choices

Review Queue

Save and repeat later

Related words selected from level, topic, frequency, and word class.

unterer, untere, unteres

lower, bottom

weiterer, weitere, weiteres

additional, further, other

unterschiedlich

different, variable

allgemein

general

einzig

only, single, sole

rechter, rechte, rechtes

right

gemeinsam

common, mutual, shared, joint

nahe, nah

near, nearby, close

Think you know your German vocabulary? Take our free CEFR level assessment to find out where you stand.