Comparative 'gut' → 'besser' (good → better)

Komparativ 'gut' → 'besser'

Irregular : gut → besser (good → better).

Structure

gut → besser (+ als)

Details

Part of Speech: Adjective
Word Type: Comparative (irregular)
Register: Standard

Explanation

What it is. besser is the of gut (good). Where English says better, German says besser. It is irregular: you do not add -er to gut.

Formation. Use besser together with als (than) to compare two things. besser can describe a (Das ist ein besseres Buch) or, more commonly at A1, follow a like sein or schmecken.

Examples.

Pizza schmeckt besser als Suppe. - Pizza tastes better than soup.
Mein Deutsch ist besser als gestern. - My German is better than yesterday.
Heute geht es mir besser. - Today I feel better.

Common mistakes.

The of gut is besser, never guter.
Compare with als, not wie: besser als, not besser wie.
After sein the stays in its base form, so it is ist besser (no extra ending).

About Comparative 'gut' → 'besser' (good → better)

Irregular : gut → besser (good → better).

'besser' is the irregular of 'gut'; 'als' = than.

Unregelmäßiger : gut → besser.

Caution

Not 'guter'! The comparative of 'gut' is 'besser'. Use 'als' for 'than'.