German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Angriff

Meaning in English: attack

Rank 1,463 of 5,000noun · derLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Bei dem Angriff wurde zum Glück niemand verletzt.

Fortunately nobody was hurt in the attack.

Der, die or das?

Angriff is masculine: der Angriff. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Angriff in the top 5,000

These forms of Angriff are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Angriffe#2,821
attacksB2

Die Angriffe auf das Netzwerk nehmen zu.
Attacks on the network are increasing.

How common is Angriff?

Angriff is number 1,463 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 63 times per million words — about once every 16,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 68% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,459gegründetfounded
  2. 1,460teilspartly
  3. 1,461wärenwould be, were
  4. 1,462der Künstlerartist
  5. 1,463der Angriffattack
  6. 1,464das Verständnisunderstanding, sympathy
  7. 1,465größerebigger, larger
  8. 1,466Entwicklungendevelopments
  9. 1,467folgtfollows

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