adjective
important
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Means 'important' or 'significant', used for people, things, or facts. It’s gradable: comparative 'wichtiger', superlative 'am wichtigsten'. Antonym 'unwichtig'. Not a participle. No special auxiliary; used both attributively and predicatively. Commonly collocates with preposition 'wichtig für' (important for). Also appears in fixed phrase 'es ist wichtig' to introduce opinions or advice.
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Das Meeting ist wichtig.
The meeting is important.
Weil es wichtig gewesen wäre, die Frist einzuhalten, beantragte die Abteilung eine Verlängerung, damit keine Fehler entstanden.
Because it would have been important to meet the deadline, the department applied for an extension so that no mistakes occurred.
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Imagine a big exclamation mark labeled 'wichtig'
sounds like 'wicked' but think 'important, not wicked' — remember the odd sound
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Frequently used adjective — can be used in formal and informal contexts.