Example
Das weiß ich aus eigener Erfahrung.
I know that from my own experience.
How common is eigener?
eigener is number 1,799 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 51 times per million words — about once every 20,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% 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
- 1,795Vorsitzendechair(person)
- 1,796beruflicheprofessional, work-related
- 1,797zuerstfirst, at first
- 1,798geborenborn
- 1,799eigenerown
- 1,800kurzenshort, brief
- 1,801Soldatensoldiers
- 1,802PolenPoland; Poles
- 1,803notwendigennecessary
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,799
- The most common German adjectives#267
- German A2 vocabulary#421
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.