The 100 most common German words

The hundred word forms you will meet most often in German, ranked by frequency, with English translation, part of speech, CEFR level and an example sentence. Most of them are small grammar words — articles, pronouns, prepositions — which is exactly why they come first.

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RankGermanEnglishPart of speechCEFRExampleAudio

069 Menschen people, human beings noun · der Mensch A1 In der Stadt leben viele junge Menschen.

080 das Jahr year noun A1 Letztes Jahr haben wir geheiratet.

091 Jahren years (dative plural) noun · das Jahr A1 Vor fünf Jahren bin ich umgezogen.

096 der Euro euro noun A1 Die Tickets kosten zwanzig Euro pro Person.