German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Behinderung

Meaning in English: disability, obstruction

Rank 1,259 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Der Eingang ist auch für Menschen mit Behinderung geeignet.

The entrance is also suitable for people with disabilities.

Der, die or das?

Behinderung is feminine: die Behinderung. 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.

Forms of Behinderung in the top 5,000

These forms of Behinderung are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Behinderungen#2,087
disabilities; obstructionsB2

Die Schule ist offen für Kinder mit Behinderungen.
The school is open to children with disabilities.

How common is Behinderung?

Behinderung is number 1,259 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 72 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% 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. 1,255bestätigtconfirmed
  2. 1,256das Mottomotto, theme
  3. 1,257erhöhtraised, increased
  4. 1,258darausfrom it, out of it
  5. 1,259die Behinderungdisability, obstruction
  6. 1,260der Kurscourse, class, rate
  7. 1,261die Antwortanswer, reply
  8. 1,262gesetzlichenlegal, statutory
  9. 1,263die Gestaltungdesign, arrangement

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