German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Benutzung

Meaning in English: use, usage

Rank 4,427 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B1
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Example

Die Benutzung der Toilette kostet 50 Cent.

Using the toilet costs 50 cents.

Der, die or das?

Benutzung is feminine: die Benutzung. 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 Benutzung?

Benutzung is number 4,427 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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. 4,423lachento laugh
  2. 4,424Kontrollenchecks, inspections
  3. 4,425ausgehento go out; to run out; to assume
  4. 4,426das Musterpattern, sample
  5. 4,427die Benutzunguse, usage
  6. 4,428die Abgabesubmission, handing in; levy
  7. 4,429dorthin(to) there
  8. 4,430festerfirm, fixed, permanent
  9. 4,431professionellenprofessional

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