der Betrieb
Meaning in English: company, business; operation
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Der Aufzug ist leider außer Betrieb.
Unfortunately the lift is out of order.
Der, die or das?
Betrieb is masculine: der Betrieb. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Betrieb in the top 5,000
These forms of Betrieb are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Viele kleine Betriebe suchen Auszubildende.
Many small businesses are looking for apprentices.
How common is Betrieb?
Betrieb is number 745 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 120 times per million words — about once every 8,300 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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
- 741mehrerenseveral (dative)
- 742die Suchesearch
- 743ÖsterreichAustria
- 744drittenthird
- 745der Betriebcompany, business; operation
- 746der Beitragcontribution; fee; post
- 747bedarfrequires, needs (+ genitive)
- 748das Badbathroom; bath
- 749offenopen
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#745
- The 5,000 most common German words#745
- The most common German nouns#230
- German B2 vocabulary#58
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#62
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.