German adjective · CEFR A1
kalten
Meaning in English: cold
This is a form of kalt, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
An kalten Tagen trinke ich gern Tee.
On cold days I like to drink tea.
How common is kalten?
kalten is number 4,821 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 61,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,817meisternto master, to cope with
- 4,818frischefresh
- 4,819die Bezahlungpayment, pay
- 4,820geehrthonoured
- 4,821kaltencold
- 4,822die Errichtungconstruction, establishment
- 4,823weiterführendefurther, secondary (school)
- 4,824landetlands
- 4,825das Chaoschaos
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,821
- The most common German adjectives#895
- German A1 vocabulary#770
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.