German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der Berg
Meaning in English: mountain, hill
Example
Am Wochenende wandern wir auf einen Berg.
At the weekend we're hiking up a mountain.
Der, die or das?
Berg is masculine: der Berg. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Berg?
Berg is number 3,646 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,642gemeintmeant
- 3,643geleistetachieved, done, performed
- 3,644wirksameffective
- 3,645italienischenItalian
- 3,646der Bergmountain, hill
- 3,647die Anklagecharge, indictment; prosecution
- 3,648Touristentourists
- 3,649der Abschiedfarewell, goodbye
- 3,650gezahltpaid
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,646
- The most common German nouns#1,561
- German A1 vocabulary#692
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#397
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.