German noun, plural only · CEFR A1
die Eltern
Meaning in English: parents
Example
Meine Eltern wohnen in einem Dorf.
My parents live in a village.
How common is Eltern?
Eltern is number 289 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 297 times per million words — about once every 3,400 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 53% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- The 500 most common German words#289
- The 1,000 most common German words#289
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- German A1 vocabulary#176
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