German adjective · CEFR B1
unbekannter
Meaning in English: unknown, unfamiliar
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, unbekannten.
Example
Ein unbekannter Mann hat nach dir gefragt.
A man nobody knew was asking for you.
How common is unbekannter?
unbekannter is number 4,026 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 48,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,022Games(video) games
- 4,023Mannesman, husband (genitive)
- 4,024verstorbenendeceased, late
- 4,025Gerichtedishes, courts
- 4,026unbekannterunknown, unfamiliar
- 4,027meldetereported
- 4,028kontrollierento check, to control
- 4,029beruflichprofessional, for work
- 4,030befreitfreed, exempt
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,026
- The most common German adjectives#707
- German B1 vocabulary#1,298
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