der Baustein
Meaning in English: building block, component
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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
- 4,428die Abgabesubmission, handing in; levy
- 4,429dorthin(to) there
- 4,430festerfirm, fixed, permanent
- 4,431professionellenprofessional
- 4,432der Bausteinbuilding block, component
- 4,433Kulturencultures
- 4,434Wurzelnroots
- 4,435spürbarnoticeable, perceptible
- 4,436leidetsuffers
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,432
- The most common German nouns#1,929
- German B2 vocabulary#1,062
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#485
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.