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German adjective · CEFR B1

eigenen

Meaning in English: own

Rank 226 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B1

This is a form of eigen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are eigene, eigenes, eigener.

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Example

Sie wünscht sich einen eigenen Garten.

She wishes she had her own garden.

How common is eigenen?

eigenen is number 226 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 376 times per million words — about once every 2,700 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 51% 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. 222der Tagday
  2. 223das Beispielexample
  3. 224großenbig, large, great
  4. 225außerdembesides, moreover
  5. 226eigenenown
  6. 227der Wegway, path, route
  7. 228der Bereicharea, field, sector
  8. 229vergangenenpast, last
  9. 230seienare, be (reported speech)

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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.