German adjective · CEFR B2
vertraut
Meaning in English: familiar; close
Example
Die Stimme kam mir irgendwie vertraut vor.
The voice sounded somehow familiar to me.
How common is vertraut?
vertraut is number 3,806 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 45,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,802befasstdeals (with), is concerned (with)
- 3,803trainierento train, to practise
- 3,804Immobilienreal estate, property
- 3,805vorbereitento prepare
- 3,806vertrautfamiliar; close
- 3,807die Vorsichtcaution, care; careful!
- 3,808insofernin that respect, insofar (as)
- 3,809schlechtenbad
- 3,810Belastungenburdens, strains, pressures
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