German adjective · CEFR A2
bunte
Meaning in English: colourful, multicoloured
This is a form of bunt, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are bunten.
Example
Sie trägt gern bunte Kleider.
She likes wearing colourful dresses.
How common is bunte?
bunte is number 4,702 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
- 4,698berühmtenfamous
- 4,699Schuljahresschool year (genitive)
- 4,700anstehendenupcoming, pending
- 4,701wirstwill; become (du form)
- 4,702buntecolourful, multicoloured
- 4,703drückento press, to push
- 4,704Liedersongs
- 4,705das Tooltool (software)
- 4,706das Stadtgebieturban area, city limits
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,702
- The most common German adjectives#864
- German A2 vocabulary#930
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.