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frequent

German, adjective[fʁeˈkvɛnt]

frequent is spelled F-R-E-Q-U-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frequent is a German adjective meaning “frequent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “häufig, oft”.

What does frequent mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    frequent

  2. 2

    datedaccelerated

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. häufig, oft 2. schnell, mit hoher Frequenz (zum Beispiel auf den Puls bezogen)

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of frequent

  • frequenter masculine nominative singular
  • am frequentesten superlative
  • frequente feminine nominative singular
  • frequentes neuter nominative singular
  • frequenten genitive masculine singular
  • frequentem dative masculine singular
  • der frequente definite includes-article masculine
  • die frequente definite feminine includes-article
  • das frequente definite includes-article neuter
  • die frequenten definite includes-article nominative
  • des frequenten definite genitive includes-article
  • der frequenten definite feminine genitive
  • dem frequenten dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce frequent?

  • [fʁeˈkvɛnt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is frequent in German?

frequent appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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