No. 15,036 in German
seltenes
"Seltenes" means "something rare" or "rare thing" in English.
In a sentence
Das ist ein seltenes Buch, das nur schwer zu finden ist.
That is a rare book that is hard to find.
The word 'seltenes' is used as an adjective describing the rarity of the book.
Ich habe heute ein seltenes Phänomen beobachtet.
Today, I observed a rare phenomenon.
Here, 'seltenes' is used to characterize the phenomenon as uncommon or unusual.
Dieses Museum enthält viele seltene Artefakte.
This museum contains many rare artifacts.
In this case, 'seltene' (plural form) is used to describe the artifacts as unusual or not common.
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