German adjective · CEFR A2
bunten
Meaning in English: colourful
This is a form of bunt, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are bunte.
Example
Sie trägt gern Kleider mit bunten Mustern.
She likes wearing dresses with colourful patterns.
How common is bunten?
bunten is number 4,941 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 63,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 79% 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
- 4,937gelbeyellow
- 4,938Abteilungendepartments
- 4,939die Aufsichtsupervision, oversight
- 4,940Werkzeugetools
- 4,941buntencolourful
- 4,942der Rauchsmoke
- 4,943das Comebackcomeback
- 4,944die Löschungdeletion, erasure
- 4,945womitwith what, with which
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,941
- The most common German adjectives#929
- German A2 vocabulary#964
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.