selten
rare; seldom
English translations
- 01
rare
- 02
seldom
- 03
infrequent
Word details
- German meaning
- Etwas, das nicht oft vorkommt oder gefunden wird.
- English meaning
- rare
- Synonym
- ungewöhnlich, vereinzelt
- German example
- Es ist selten, dass ich so gutes Wetter sehe.
- English example
- It is rare that I see such good weather.
- Comparative
- seltenerSuperlative: am seltensten
Related words
- Seltenerdmagnet
Rare earth magnet
- Seltenerdmetall
A rare earth metal is one of the 17 chemical elements in the lanthanide group and yttrium.
- Seltenerde
rare earth element
- Seltenheit
rarity
- Interrobang
Interrobang
- Züchter
breeder
- Sichtung
Sighting
- Sichtung
Sighting
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Desman
Desman
- Hochmoor
Raised bog
- Bartgeier
Bearded vulture
- Kleeblatt
Cloverleaf
- Wasenmeister
Knacker, renderer
- Spezie
spice
- Flexitarier
Flexitarian
- Stishovit
Stishovite
- Speierling
Service tree
- Eudoxie
Eudoxie is a female given name of Greek origin meaning 'good repute' or 'honor'.
- Graubruststrandläufer
Pectoral sandpiper
- Waldrapp
Northern Bald Ibis
- Herrlein
Little mister
- Vogelschützer
Bird conservationist
- Naturerbe
Natural heritage refers to natural sites or areas of outstanding universal value that are protected due to their uniqueness, rarity, or beauty.
- Meeresgrund
Seabed
- Versammlerin
Gatherer, collector (female)
- Verschafferin
Provider
- Verschweiger
Withholder, concealer
- Naturdenkmal
Natural monument, a natural feature of particular beauty, rarity, or scientific significance that is protected.
- Frollein
Miss (old-fashioned)
- Carmeltazit
Carmeltazite
- Antiquarin
Antiquarian bookseller (female)
- Antiquariat
Secondhand bookshop
- Margarodit
Margarodite
- Tansanit
Tanzanite is a blue to violet gemstone mineral, a variety of zoisite.
- Trockental
Dry valley
- kräuseln
Ripple
- erdrosseln
To strangle
- drosseln
To throttle means to reduce or limit the power or speed of something.
- fesseln
To captivate, to bind
- verkapseln
encapsulate
- einkapseln
To encapsulate means to enclose something in a capsule or protective container to protect or isolate it.
- auftreten
to occur / to appear
- entschlüsseln
decode
- dechiffrieren
Decipher
- vermasseln
mess up, ruin
- quasseln
To chatter
- enträtseln
To decipher or solve a mystery or puzzle.
- aufdröseln
to unravel, to disentangle
Example sentences with “selten”
Das ist ein seltener Vogel. (That is a rare bird.)
Frequently asked questions
Is 'selten' an adjective or adverb?
Both! It functions as an adjective (rare) and an adverb (seldom).