German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
der Award
Meaning in English: award
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Die Band hat einen wichtigen Award gewonnen.
The band won an important award.
Der, die or das?
Award is masculine: der Award. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Award?
Award is number 4,840 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.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,836übermittelnto transmit, to pass on
- 4,837strategischestrategic
- 4,838mögento like
- 4,839das Gremiumcommittee, body
- 4,840der Awardaward
- 4,841ausgeführtcarried out, executed
- 4,842warnento warn
- 4,843verursachento cause
- 4,844die Kreuzungcrossroads, junction
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,840
- The most common German nouns#2,125
- German B2 vocabulary#1,188
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#523
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.