adjective
valuable, precious
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wertvoll means 'valuable' or 'precious.' It’s a gradable adjective with comparative wertvoller and superlative am wertvollsten. Usable attributively and predicatively (ein wertvoller Gegenstand; Das ist wertvoll). Antonym is wertlos. Regular adjective declension applies; forms change by case, number and gender.
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Dieses Gemälde ist sehr wertvoll.
This painting is very valuable.
Für mich sind die Erinnerungen an meine Großmutter besonders wertvoll.
The memories of my grandmother are especially precious to me.
Die Sammlung war sehr wertvoll, obwohl viele Stücke lange nicht gezeigt wurden.
The collection was very valuable, although many items had not been displayed for a long time.
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imagine a treasure chest full of gold labeled 'wertvoll' so it's clearly valuable
sounds like 'wert' + 'full' (think 'full of worth')
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Used to describe something with high value in monetary or sentimental terms. Comparable to 'valuable' or 'precious' in English.