letzte
Meaning in English: last
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Das ist deine letzte Chance!
This is your last chance!
Forms of letzte in the top 5,000
These forms of letzte are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Im letzten Sommer war es sehr heiß.
It was very hot last summer.
Das war sein letzter Versuch.
That was his last attempt.
Letztes Jahr waren wir in Spanien.
Last year we were in Spain.
How common is letzte?
letzte is number 734 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 123 times per million words — about once every 8,100 words. Its most frequent form is letzten (#232).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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
- 730Studierendestudents
- 731das Engagementcommitment, involvement
- 732der Präsidentpresident
- 733die Klasseclass; great!
- 734letztelast
- 735der Anspruchclaim, entitlement
- 736der Teilnehmerparticipant(s)
- 737darunterunderneath; among them
- 738der Landkreisdistrict, county
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#734
- The 5,000 most common German words#734
- The most common German adjectives#86
- German A1 vocabulary#317
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.