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selten: rare — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryAdjectiveLevel B1

selten

rare

rare or not happening often

IPA/ˈzɛltn̩/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

selten: rare

Meaning 1neutral · 88%

rare or not happening often

Diese Vogelart ist in der Region sehr selten.

Ich fahre nur selten mit dem Auto zur Arbeit.

Das Museum besitzt eine seltene Münze aus dem 18. Jahrhundert.

selten is common adverbially: Ich gehe selten aus. The comparative is seltener and the superlative am seltensten.

selten can describe a rare thing or how rarely an action happens.

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What does selten mean?

selten means rare or infrequent. It can describe a noun or function adverbially to say that something does not happen often.