der Besitzer
Meaning in English: owner
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Der Besitzer des Hundes war nicht zu finden.
The dog's owner couldn't be found.
Der, die or das?
Besitzer is masculine: der Besitzer. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Besitzer?
Besitzer is number 3,294 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 39,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,290das Landgerichtregional court
- 3,291Berichtereports
- 3,292umfassendencomprehensive, extensive
- 3,293sicherzustellento ensure
- 3,294der Besitzerowner
- 3,295ermittelnto investigate, to determine
- 3,296Straftatencriminal offences, crimes
- 3,297traditionellentraditional
- 3,298ruftcalls, shouts
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,294
- The most common German nouns#1,393
- German B1 vocabulary#1,072
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#358
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.