German adjective · CEFR B2
gesamte
Meaning in English: entire, whole
This is a form of gesamt, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are gesamten.
Example
Die gesamte Familie kommt zu Weihnachten.
The whole family is coming for Christmas.
How common is gesamte?
gesamte is number 888 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 100 times per million words — about once every 10,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 884die Kritikcriticism; review
- 885fälltfalls; (schwer) is hard
- 886stetsalways, constantly
- 887Hochschulenuniversities, colleges
- 888gesamteentire, whole
- 889bekommtgets, receives
- 890die Ideeidea
- 891Behördenauthorities
- 892die Vielfaltdiversity, variety
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#888
- The 5,000 most common German words#888
- The most common German adjectives#111
- German B2 vocabulary#94
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.