No. 2,523 in German
unbekannten
"Unbekannten" means "unknown" or "strangers" in English.
In a sentence
Ein unbekannter Anrufer hat versucht, mich zu erreichen.
An unknown caller tried to reach me.
Here, 'unbekannter' is an adjective describing the noun 'Anrufer', meaning 'unknown'.
Wir entdeckten ein Kunstwerk eines unbekannten Künstlers.
We discovered an artwork by an unknown artist.
In this sentence, 'unbekannten' functions as an attributive adjective in dative plural, describing 'Künstlers'.
Die Polizei befragt Zeugen des Unfalls, um unbekannte Faktoren zu erkennen.
The police are questioning witnesses of the accident to identify unknown factors.
Here, 'unbekannte' is an adjective describing 'Faktoren', in the nominative plural.
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