Good, Better, Best: 90+ Common Bosnian Adjectives

Master the most common Bosnian adjectives with comparatives and superlatives. Learn how to form them, recognize gender, and use them correctly in sentences. Read the post to find the list with the most common Bosnian adjectives.

Adjectives describe nouns. In Bosnian, adjectives change form based on gender, number, and case, and they have special forms for comparing things.

I created this guide because my students kept asking me for a single place where they could find all the common adjectives, together with comparatives, superlatives, and gender forms. So here it is. Bookmark it, print it, or keep it open on your phone. I update it whenever my students ask for new words.

In this guide, you’ll learn:

The 90+ most common Bosnian adjectives (masculine, feminine, neuter forms)
How to form comparatives (for example: bigger)
How to form superlatives (biggest)
How to recognize adjective gender

Let’s start with the basics.

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Adjective Gender

In Bosnian, adjectives match the noun they describe. Every adjective has three basic forms:

Masculine	Often ends with a consonant	dobar, velik, pametan
Feminine	Ends with -a	dobra, velika, pametna
Neuter	Ends with -o or -e	dobro, veliko, pametno

Basically, If you know the masculine form, you can usually predict the feminine (add -a) and neuter (change last vowel to -o/-e).

Hack: What to Do if You Don’t Know the Comparative

If you don’t know the comparative, meaning, the higher degree of the adjective (for example: “good” – comparative is “better”, “pretty”-“prettier”), use više (more) before the basic form.

Basic	Comparative	English
interesantan	više interesantan	more interesting
komplikovan	više komplikovan	more complicated

How to Form Superlatives (Big -> The Biggest)

The superlative means “the most” or “-est” . Form it by adding the prefix naj- to the comparative form.

Basic	Comparative	Superlative	English
jak	jači	najjači	the strongest
brz	brži	najbrži	the fastest
dobar	bolji	najbolji	the best (irregular)

90+ Most Common Bosnian Adjectives (Full Chart)

Below is a comprehensive chart of the most common Bosnian adjectives, their basic forms (masculine, feminine, neuter), comparatives, and superlatives.

English	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Comparative	Superlative
good	dobar	dobra	dobro	bolji	najbolji
bad	loš	loša	loše	lošiji	najlošiji
big	velik	velika	veliko	veći	najveći
small	malen	malena	maleno	manji	najmanji
new	nov	nova	novo	noviji	najnoviji
old	star	stara	staro	stariji	najstariji
young	mlad	mlada	mlado	mlađi	najmlađi
beautiful	lijep	lijepa	lijepo	ljepši	najljepši
ugly	ružan	ružna	ružno	ružniji	najružniji
fast	brz	brza	brzo	brži	najbrži
slow	spor	spora	sporo	sporiji	najsporiji
long	dug	duga	dugo	duži	najduži
short (length)	kratak	kratka	kratko	kraći	najkraći
tall	visok	visoka	visoko	viši	najviši
short (height)	nizak	niska	nisko	niži	najniži
wide	širok	široka	široko	širi	najširi
narrow	uzak	uska	usko	uži	najuži
thick, fat	debeo	debela	debelo	deblji	najdeblji
thin	tanak	tanka	tanko	tanji	najtanji
heavy	težak	teška	teško	teži	najteži
light, easy	lak	laka	lako	lakši	najlakši
clean	čist	čista	čisto	čistiji	najčistiji
dirty	prljav	prljava	prljavo	prljaviji	najprljaviji
full	pun	puna	puno	puniji	najpuniji
empty	prazan	prazna	prazno	prazniji	najprazniji
open	otvoren	otvorena	otvoreno	otvoreniji	najotvoreniji
closed	zatvoren	zatvorena	zatvoreno	zatvoreniji	najzatvoreniji
wet	mokar	mokra	mokro	mokriji	najmokriji
dry	suh	suha	suho	suši	najsuši
warm	topao	topla	toplo	topliji	najtopliji
cold	hladan	hladna	hladno	hladniji	najhladniji
hot	vruć	vruća	vruće	vrućiji	najvrućiji
fresh	svjež	svježa	svježe	svježiji	najsvježiji
strong	jak	jaka	jako	jači	najjači
weak	slab	slaba	slabo	slabiji	najslabiji
hard	tvrd	tvrda	tvrdo	tvrđi	najtvrđi
soft	mekan	mekana	mekano	mekši	najmekši
smooth	gladak	glatka	glatko	glađi	najglađi
rough	grub	gruba	grubo	grublji	najgrublji
smart	pametan	pametna	pametno	pametniji	najpametniji
stupid	glup	glupa	glupo	gluplji	najgluplji
kind	ljubazan	ljubazna	ljubazno	ljubazniji	najljubazniji
happy, lucky	sretan	sretna	sretno	sretniji	najsretniji
sad	tužan	tužna	tužno	tužniji	najtužniji
mad, angry, spicy	ljut	ljuta	ljuto	ljući	najljući
calm	miran	mirna	mirno	mirniji	najmirniji
nervous	nervozan	nervozna	nervozno	nervozniji	najnervozniji
brave	hrabar	hrabra	hrabro	hrabriji	najhrabriji
shy	stidljiv	stidljiva	stidljivo	stidljiviji	najstidljiviji
honest	iskren	iskrena	iskreno	iskreniji	najiskreniji
fake	lažan	lažna	lažno	lažniji	najlažniji
valuable, hard-working	vrijedan	vrijedna	vrijedno	vrijedniji	najvrijedniji
lazy	lijen	lijena	lijeno	ljenji	najljenji
serious	ozbiljan	ozbiljna	ozbiljno	ozbiljniji	najozbiljniji
funny	smiješan	smiješna	smiješno	smiješniji	najsmiješniji
boring	dosadan	dosadna	dosadno	dosadniji	najdosadniji
interesting	zanimljiv	zanimljiva	zanimljivo	zanimljiviji	najzanimljiviji
well-mannered	pristojan	pristojna	pristojno	pristojniji	najpristojniji
important	važan	važna	važno	važniji	najvažniji
correct, exact	tačan	tačna	tačno	tačniji	najtačniji
wrong	pogrešan	pogrešna	pogrešno	pogrešniji	najpogrešniji
perfect	savršen	savršena	savršeno	savršeniji	najsavršeniji
great, excellent	odličan	odlična	odlično	odličniji	najodličniji
famous	poznat	poznata	poznato	poznatiji	najpoznatiji
foreign	stran	strana	strano	straniji	najstraniji
special	poseban	posebna	posebno	posebniji	najposebniji
different	različit	različita	različito	različitiji	najrazličitiji
similar	sličan	slična	slično	sličniji	najsličniji
possible	moguć	moguća	moguće	mogućiji	najmogućiji
safe, sure	siguran	sigurna	sigurno	sigurniji	najsigurniji
dangerous	opasan	opasna	opasno	opasniji	najopasniji
simple	jednostavan	jednostavna	jednostavno	jednostavniji	najjednostavniji
complicated	komplikovan	komplikovana	komplikovano	komplikovaniji	najkomplikovaniji
useful	koristan	korisna	korisno	korisniji	najkorisniji
rich	bogat	bogata	bogato	bogatiji	najbogatiji
poor	siromašan	siromašna	siromašno	siromašniji	najsiromašniji
expensive	skup	skupa	skupo	skuplji	najskuplji
cheap	jeftin	jeftina	jeftino	jeftiniji	najjeftiniji
sweet	sladak	slatka	slatko	slađi	najslađi
bitter	gorak	gorka	gorko	gorči	najgorči
salty	slan	slana	slano	slaniji	najslaniji
tasty, delicious	ukusan	ukusna	ukusno	ukusniji	najukusniji
hungry	gladan	gladna	gladno	gladniji	najgladniji
thirsty	žedan	žedna	žedno	žedniji	najžedniji
tired	umoran	umorna	umorno	umorniji	najumorniji
sick	bolestan	bolesna	bolesno	bolesniji	najbolesniji
healthy	zdrav	zdrava	zdravo	zdraviji	najzdraviji
alive	živ	živa	živo	življi	najživlji
dead	mrtav	mrtva	mrtvo	mrtviji	najmrtviji
free	slobodan	slobodna	slobodno	slobodniji	najslobodniji
busy, taken	zauzet	zauzeta	zauzeto	zauzetiji	najzauzetiji
quiet	tih	tiha	tiho	tiši	najtiši
loud	glasan	glasna	glasno	glasniji	najglasniji

Comparatives and Superlatives: Feminine, Neuter, and Plural Endings

You already know that the basic form of an adjective changes for gender and number. The same rule applies to comparatives and superlatives, they must agree with the noun they describe.

Comparative (Feminine)	-a	brža	bolja
Superlative (Feminine)	-a (with naj-)	najbrža	najbolja

Comparative (Neuter)	-e	brže	bolje
Superlative (Neuter)	-e (with naj-)	najbrže	najbolje

Plural Endings (All Genders)

The plural forms of comparatives and superlatives also change based on gender. Here’s the complete pattern:

Gender	Comparative Plural	Superlative Plural	Example (brz – fast)
Masculine plural	-i	naj- + -i	brži / najbrži
Feminine plural	-e	naj- + -e	brže / najbrže
Neuter plural	-a	naj- + -a	brža / najbrža

Adjective	Masculine Comp.	Feminine Comp.	Neuter Comp.	Masculine Pl.
jak (strong)	jači	jača	jače	jači
lijep (beautiful)	ljepši	ljepša	ljepše	ljepši
pametan (smart)	pametniji	pametnija	pametnije	pametniji
skup (expensive)	skuplji	skuplja	skuplje	skuplji

Practice Exercise

Fill in the correct form of the comparative or superlative:

Ova knjiga je ________ (interesting) od one. (feminine singular)
Ovi studenti su ________ (good) u univerzitetu. (masculine plural)
Ovo dijete je ________ (fast) od svih. (neuter singular)
One su ________ (beautiful) djevojke u gradu. (feminine plural)

Answers:

zanimljivija
najbolji
najbrže
najljepše

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Good, better, best: 90+ Most Common Bosnian Adjectives, Comparatives & Superlatives

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