German adjective · CEFR B1
vergangene
Meaning in English: past, last
This is a form of vergangen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are vergangenen.
Example
Die vergangene Woche war sehr anstrengend.
Last week was very tiring.
How common is vergangene?
vergangene is number 3,350 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 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
- 3,346ausgerichtetaimed, geared; hosted
- 3,347schönstenmost beautiful, nicest
- 3,348weißewhite
- 3,349sonstigeother, miscellaneous
- 3,350vergangenepast, last
- 3,351Gesetzelaws
- 3,352wirtschaftlicheconomic(ally)
- 3,353Stationenstations, stops; stages
- 3,354gegenseitigmutual(ly), each other
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,350
- The most common German adjectives#562
- German B1 vocabulary#1,088
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.