die Allianz
Meaning in English: alliance
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Die beiden Parteien bilden eine Allianz.
The two parties are forming an alliance.
Der, die or das?
Allianz is feminine: die Allianz. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -anz are die in 5 of 5 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Allianz?
Allianz is number 4,396 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 54,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,392Grundereason; basically (im Grunde)
- 4,393die Antragstellungapplication (submitting a form)
- 4,394fielenfell
- 4,395vorkommento occur, to happen, to seem
- 4,396die Allianzalliance
- 4,397Instituteinstitutes
- 4,398Menschenrechtehuman rights
- 4,399anschauento look at, to watch
- 4,400Umständecircumstances; trouble, fuss
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,396
- The most common German nouns#1,911
- German C1 vocabulary#284
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#623
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.