öffentlich
Meaning in English: public, publicly
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Das Konzert im Park ist öffentlich.
The concert in the park is open to the public.
Forms of öffentlich in the top 5,000
These forms of öffentlich are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Ich fahre meistens mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln.
I mostly travel by public transport.
Gibt es hier eine öffentliche Toilette?
Is there a public toilet here?
Das hier ist ein öffentlicher Parkplatz.
This is a public car park.
How common is öffentlich?
öffentlich is number 1,474 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 63 times per million words — about once every 16,000 words. Its most frequent form is öffentlichen (#540).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 68% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,470teilnehmendenparticipating
- 1,471der Zweckpurpose
- 1,472das Rennenrace
- 1,473der Wechselchange, switch
- 1,474öffentlichpublic, publicly
- 1,475möglicherweisepossibly, perhaps
- 1,476ernstserious, seriously
- 1,477erfüllento fulfil, to meet (requirements)
- 1,478die Sitzungmeeting, session
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,474
- The most common German adjectives#207
- German B1 vocabulary#447
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.