German noun, masculine · CEFR C1
der Auftakt
Meaning in English: start, kick-off
Example
Zum Auftakt der Saison gab es einen Sieg.
The season kicked off with a win.
Der, die or das?
Auftakt is masculine: der Auftakt. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Auftakt?
Auftakt is number 2,519 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,515pädagogischeneducational, pedagogical
- 2,516das Bundeslandfederal state
- 2,517werfenthrow
- 2,518die Eintrachtharmony, unity
- 2,519der Auftaktstart, kick-off
- 2,520Konzepteconcepts, plans
- 2,521festgenommenarrested
- 2,522praktischenpractical
- 2,523organisierenorganise
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,519
- The most common German nouns#1,048
- German C1 vocabulary#91
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#274
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