Irish Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Irish Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Irish Words

This book is a follow-up of the Irish Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Irish word list of the first book in the Irish learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Irish students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Irish words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Irish and 85% of all written Irish.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Irish learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Irish course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Irish lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Irish words. The Irish word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Irish vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Irish words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Irish to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Irish words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Irish Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Irish word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Irish words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Irish
• list of adverbs in Irish
• list of conjunctions in Irish
• list of prepositions in Irish
• list of pronouns Irish
• list of nouns in Irish
• list of common Irish verbs
•  2,500 Irish words in alphabetical order.

Irish pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Irish words, so you know how to pronounce Irish words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Irish: Summary

The Irish Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Irish. Study the most used words to expand your Irish vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Irish lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

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The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.