German adjective · CEFR A2
berühmten
Meaning in English: famous
This is a form of berühmt, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Wir haben den berühmten Dom besucht.
We visited the famous cathedral.
How common is berühmten?
berühmten is number 4,698 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,694eigentlichenactual, real
- 4,695Äußerungenremarks, statements
- 4,696das Geschenkpresent, gift
- 4,697der Schiedsrichterreferee
- 4,698berühmtenfamous
- 4,699Schuljahresschool year (genitive)
- 4,700anstehendenupcoming, pending
- 4,701wirstwill; become (du form)
- 4,702buntecolourful, multicoloured
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,698
- The most common German adjectives#862
- German A2 vocabulary#929
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.