German noun, feminine · CEFR A1

die Apotheke

Meaning in English: pharmacy, chemist's

Rank 4,852 of 5,000noun · dieLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Die Tabletten bekommst du in jeder Apotheke.

You can get the tablets at any pharmacy.

Der, die or das?

Apotheke is feminine: die Apotheke. 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.

Forms of Apotheke in the top 5,000

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

Apotheken#4,727
pharmacies, chemistsA2

Am Sonntag haben nur wenige Apotheken geöffnet.
Only a few pharmacies are open on Sundays.

How common is Apotheke?

Apotheke is number 4,852 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 61,000 words. Its most frequent form is Apotheken (#4,727).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

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  5. 4,852die Apothekepharmacy, chemist's
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