German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Überprüfung

Meaning in English: check, review, inspection

Rank 3,401 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B2
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Example

Nach der Überprüfung bekommen Sie eine Antwort.

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Der, die or das?

Überprüfung is feminine: die Überprüfung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Überprüfung?

Überprüfung is number 3,401 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Related words in the list

Überprüfung is built from die Prüfung (exam, test; inspection).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,397Strategienstrategies
  2. 3,398Krankenkassenhealth insurance funds
  3. 3,399liegelie (I lie; subjunctive)
  4. 3,400der Stadtratcity council, councillor
  5. 3,401die Überprüfungcheck, review, inspection
  6. 3,402die Altstadtold town
  7. 3,403Lehrkräftenteachers (dative pl.)
  8. 3,404übernahmtook over, took on
  9. 3,405dranon it; one's turn (colloquial)

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