adjective
open, frank
A2
Offen: adjective meaning open (physically or accessible) and frank or candid. It is gradable (offener, am offensten). Common collocations: 'offen für' (open to), 'offen gegenüber' (open toward). Used attributively and predicatively; contrasts with 'geschlossen', 'zu' or 'heimlich'. Not a participle; regular adjective forms.
Examples
Die Tür blieb offen, obwohl niemand den Raum betreten sollte.
The door remained open although nobody was supposed to enter the room.
Die Tür ist offen.
The door is open.
Sie ist immer offen und ehrlich.
She is always open and honest.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine a door left wide open to remember 'offen'
Think 'open' which sounds similar
Notes
Used both for physical openness and for personality ('offen sein' = to be open/frank).