The most common German masculine nouns (der)

Every masculine noun in the top 5,000, in its dictionary form and in frequency order, so the der-words you will meet most come first. Most masculine nouns end in a consonant or -er; days, months and seasons are all der. The endings and their exceptions, counted, are on the der, die or das page.

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