German noun, feminine · CEFR B2
die Abgabe
Meaning in English: submission, handing in; levy
Example
Die Abgabe der Hausarbeit ist am Montag.
The essay is due on Monday.
Der, die or das?
Abgabe is feminine: die Abgabe. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Abgabe?
Abgabe is number 4,428 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,424Kontrollenchecks, inspections
- 4,425ausgehento go out; to run out; to assume
- 4,426das Musterpattern, sample
- 4,427die Benutzunguse, usage
- 4,428die Abgabesubmission, handing in; levy
- 4,429dorthin(to) there
- 4,430festerfirm, fixed, permanent
- 4,431professionellenprofessional
- 4,432der Bausteinbuilding block, component
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,428
- The most common German nouns#1,928
- German B2 vocabulary#1,061
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#628
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.