German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der April
Meaning in English: April
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Im April ist das Wetter oft wechselhaft.
The weather is often changeable in April.
Der, die or das?
April is masculine: der April. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is April?
April is number 456 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 192 times per million words — about once every 5,200 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 57% 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
- 452Stundenhours
- 453unseremour (dative, masc./neut.)
- 454die Wirtschafteconomy; pub, inn
- 455der DonnerstagThursday
- 456der AprilApril
- 457der Beginnbeginning, start
- 458der DezemberDecember
- 459setztsets, puts; sits (sich)
- 460der AugustAugust
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- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#31
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.