German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Belastung

Meaning in English: burden, strain, load

Rank 2,900 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Der Lärm ist eine große Belastung für die Nachbarn.

The noise is a big strain on the neighbours.

Der, die or das?

Belastung is feminine: die Belastung. 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 Belastung in the top 5,000

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

Belastungen#3,810
burdens, strains, pressuresC1

Pflegekräfte haben mit großen Belastungen zu kämpfen.
Care workers have to cope with huge pressures.

How common is Belastung?

Belastung is number 2,900 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 33,000 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

  1. 2,896die Transparenztransparency
  2. 2,897bezüglichregarding, concerning
  3. 2,898erfordertrequires
  4. 2,899der Quadratmetersquare metre
  5. 2,900die Belastungburden, strain, load
  6. 2,901der Romannovel
  7. 2,902der Hofyard, courtyard, farm, court
  8. 2,903die Herkunftorigin, background
  9. 2,904genügendenough, sufficient

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