German adjective · CEFR B1
unbekannten
Meaning in English: unknown
This is a form of unbekannt, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are unbekannte, unbekannter.
Example
Geh nicht an Anrufe von unbekannten Nummern.
Don't answer calls from unknown numbers.
How common is unbekannten?
unbekannten is number 3,050 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 35,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,046nochmalsagain, once more
- 3,047die Schwangerschaftpregnancy
- 3,048durchschnittlichon average, average
- 3,049durchzuführento carry out
- 3,050unbekanntenunknown
- 3,051spürento feel, to sense
- 3,052Kräfteforces, strength, staff
- 3,053liebento love
- 3,054das Eisice cream, ice
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,050
- The most common German adjectives#506
- German B1 vocabulary#985
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.