No. 15,753 in German
zweitgrößte
Second largest.
In a sentence
Berlin ist die zweitgrößte Stadt Deutschlands.
Berlin is the second largest city in Germany.
The word 'zweitgrößte' is used as an adjective describing the scale of the city within Germany.
Das zweitgrößte Problem ist der Mangel an Fachkräften.
The second biggest problem is the lack of skilled workers.
Here, 'zweitgrößte' describes the importance rank of the problem.
Ich suche das zweitgrößte Buch im Regal.
I am looking for the second largest book on the shelf.
In this sentence, 'zweitgrößte' specifies the size ranking of the book among the items on the shelf.
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