German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Begeisterung

Meaning in English: enthusiasm, excitement

Rank 3,553 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B2
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Example

Die Kinder waren voller Begeisterung.

The children were full of enthusiasm.

Der, die or das?

Begeisterung is feminine: die Begeisterung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Begeisterung?

Begeisterung is number 3,553 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 42,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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

  1. 3,549betreffento affect, to concern
  2. 3,550die Klagelawsuit; complaint
  3. 3,551Variantenvariants, versions
  4. 3,552bezogenmoved into; related (to); covered
  5. 3,553die Begeisterungenthusiasm, excitement
  6. 3,554Verbändeassociations; bandages
  7. 3,555der Laufrun, race; course (of)
  8. 3,556der Umzugmove (house); parade
  9. 3,557erkennbarrecognisable, visible, apparent

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