German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Übertragung

Meaning in English: broadcast; transmission; transfer

Rank 3,464 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B2
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Example

Die Übertragung des Spiels beginnt um acht.

The broadcast of the match starts at eight.

Der, die or das?

Übertragung is feminine: die Übertragung. 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 Übertragung?

Übertragung is number 3,464 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 41,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,460Abgeordnetenmembers of parliament, MPs
  2. 3,461betretento enter, to step onto
  3. 3,462das Gesundheitswesenhealth care system
  4. 3,463Fragestellungenquestions, issues (to investigate)
  5. 3,464die Übertragungbroadcast; transmission; transfer
  6. 3,465die Architekturarchitecture
  7. 3,466morgensin the morning(s)
  8. 3,467Toolstools (software)
  9. 3,468der Statusstatus

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