German noun, masculine · CEFR B2

der Baustein

Meaning in English: building block, component

Rank 4,432 of 5,000noun · derLevel B2
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Example

Bewegung ist ein wichtiger Baustein für die Gesundheit.

Exercise is an important building block of good health.

Der, die or das?

Baustein is masculine: der Baustein. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Baustein?

Baustein is number 4,432 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 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.

Related words in the list

Baustein is built from der Stein (stone, rock).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,428die Abgabesubmission, handing in; levy
  2. 4,429dorthin(to) there
  3. 4,430festerfirm, fixed, permanent
  4. 4,431professionellenprofessional
  5. 4,432der Bausteinbuilding block, component
  6. 4,433Kulturencultures
  7. 4,434Wurzelnroots
  8. 4,435spürbarnoticeable, perceptible
  9. 4,436leidetsuffers

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