jener
Meaning in English: that, that one (formal)
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Jener Abend ist mir bis heute in Erinnerung.
I still remember that evening to this day.
Forms of jener in the top 5,000
These forms of jener are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Jene Tage am Meer vergesse ich nie.
I'll never forget those days by the sea.
How common is jener?
jener is number 4,466 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 words. Its most frequent form is jene (#2,378).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,462angehtconcerns; tackles
- 4,463NiederlandenNetherlands (dative)
- 4,464die Kürzebrevity (in Kürze: shortly)
- 4,465Stoffesubstances, fabrics
- 4,466jenerthat, that one (formal)
- 4,467vornehmento carry out; to plan (sich)
- 4,468gesundenhealthy
- 4,469gewachsengrown; up to (a task)
- 4,470der Kaiseremperor
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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.