The most common German nouns

Every noun in the top 5,000, in frequency order, shown with its article so you learn der, die or das together with the word.

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RankGermanEnglishPart of speechCEFRExampleAudio

4,998 der Sex sex noun B1 Darüber, wie oft man Sex hat, spricht man selten.

5,000 die Absage refusal, cancellation noun B1 Nach dem Vorstellungsgespräch kam leider eine Absage.