German adjective · CEFR B2
gesamten
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 gesamte.
Example
Es hat den gesamten Tag geregnet.
It rained the entire day.
How common is gesamten?
gesamten is number 802 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 111 times per million words — about once every 9,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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
- 798der Abendevening
- 799notwendignecessary
- 800der Bürgermeistermayor
- 801wenigefew
- 802gesamtenentire, whole
- 803die Studiestudy
- 804teilweisepartly, in part
- 805Hinweisetips, notes, clues
- 806fördernpromote, support, fund
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#802
- The 5,000 most common German words#802
- The most common German adjectives#95
- German B2 vocabulary#73
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.