German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Anleitung

Meaning in English: instructions, guide

Rank 4,058 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B1
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Example

Lies zuerst die Anleitung, bevor du das Regal aufbaust.

Read the instructions before you put the shelf together.

Der, die or das?

Anleitung is feminine: die Anleitung. 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 Anleitung?

Anleitung is number 4,058 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 49,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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. 4,054jüdischeJewish
  2. 4,055Spielernplayers (dative)
  3. 4,056zeitlichin terms of time, timewise
  4. 4,057Publikationenpublications
  5. 4,058die Anleitunginstructions, guide
  6. 4,059der Vorwurfaccusation, reproach
  7. 4,060Pflichtenduties, obligations
  8. 4,061geringelow, small, slight
  9. 4,062kreativcreative

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