1
German, article
1 is spelled (0 letters) and appears 1,514 times per million words in written German, the 80th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). 1 is a German article meaning “abbreviation of ein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, 1. is a different word: “abbreviation of erste”.
What does 1 mean in English?
article
- 1
abbreviation of ein
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of erste
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
number: 1. eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Eins darstellt
abbreviation: 1. erster, erste, erstes; erster 2. erstens
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is 1 in German?
1 appears 1,514 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).