selten
B1rarely
- English meaning
- rarely
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selten in a sentence
Ich gehe ganz selten ins Kino.
I very rarely go to the cinema.
Comparative and superlative
selten → seltener → am seltensten
Where selten comes from
Die Herkunft des seit dem 15. Jahrhundert auch als Adjektiv gebräuchlichen Adverbs ist unklar
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Questions about selten
What is the comparative of selten?
selten → seltener → am seltensten.
What does selten mean in English?
selten means "rarely". For example: "Ich gehe ganz selten ins Kino." — "I very rarely go to the cinema."
What level is selten in German?
selten is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the how often — frequency vocabulary.
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