Degrees of comparison

Adverbs do not have a comparative and a superlative form. There are only very few adverbs that form degrees of comparison.

Adverbs oft and wohl form the comparative and the superlative in two ways.

positive	comparative	superlative
oft	öfter	am öftesten
oft	häufiger	am häufigsten

positive	comparative	superlative
wohl	wohler	am wohlsten
wohl	besser	am besten

Adverbs gern, bald and sehr also form all degrees of comparison.

positive	comparative	superlative
gern	lieber	am liebsten
bald	eher	am ehesten
sehr	mehr	am meisten

Some adverbs, that do not form the degrees of comparison, can form the comparative with the words mehr or weiter and the superlative with the words am meisten or am weitesten.

Examples

Er sitzt weiter hinten.

Wer liegt am weitesten hinten?