die Begründung
Meaning in English: reason, justification
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Er hat ohne Begründung gekündigt.
He quit without giving a reason.
Der, die or das?
Begründung is feminine: die Begründung. 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 Begründung?
Begründung is number 2,954 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 30 times per million words — about once every 34,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 2,950verrätreveals, gives away
- 2,951ausgelösttriggered, set off
- 2,952die Pressekonferenzpress conference
- 2,953samttogether with, including
- 2,954die Begründungreason, justification
- 2,955der Restrest, remainder
- 2,956indesmeanwhile, however
- 2,957die Einladunginvitation
- 2,958der Anwohnerresidents, local residents
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,954
- The most common German nouns#1,252
- German B2 vocabulary#587
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#420
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.