besondere
Meaning in English: special, particular
This is a form of besonder, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are besonderen.
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Das war eine besondere Überraschung für mich.
That was a special surprise for me.
Forms of besondere in the top 5,000
These forms of besondere are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Das ist ein besonderes Geschenk für mich.
This is a special present for me.
How common is besondere?
besondere is number 628 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 143 times per million words — about once every 7,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 60% 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
- 624der Vergleichcomparison
- 625Namenname (acc./dat.); names
- 626könnecan, could (reported speech)
- 627Studierendenstudents
- 628besonderespecial, particular
- 629die Weiseway, manner
- 630tatsächlichactually, really, indeed
- 631neuernew; newer
- 632erfahrenfind out, learn; experienced
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#628
- The 5,000 most common German words#628
- The most common German adjectives#72
- German B1 vocabulary#143
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.