der Begriff
Meaning in English: term, concept
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Test my vocabularyExample
Diesen Begriff kenne ich nicht.
I don't know this term.
Der, die or das?
Begriff is masculine: der Begriff. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Begriff in the top 5,000
These forms of Begriff are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Diese Begriffe musst du für die Prüfung kennen.
You need to know these terms for the exam.
How common is Begriff?
Begriff is number 1,792 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 51 times per million words — about once every 20,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,788Infosinfo, information
- 1,789offiziellofficial(ly)
- 1,790der Regenrain
- 1,791lösento solve, to buy (a ticket)
- 1,792der Begriffterm, concept
- 1,793glaube(I) believe, think
- 1,794gefordertdemanded, challenged
- 1,795Vorsitzendechair(person)
- 1,796beruflicheprofessional, work-related
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,792
- The most common German nouns#712
- German B1 vocabulary#569
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#190
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.