German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Bewerber

Meaning in English: applicant(s), candidate(s)

Rank 2,296 of 5,000noun · derLevel B1
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Example

Für die Stelle gab es über hundert Bewerber.

There were over a hundred applicants for the job.

Der, die or das?

Bewerber is masculine: der Bewerber. 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 Bewerber?

Bewerber is number 2,296 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 39 times per million words — about once every 25,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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. 2,292geschehento happen, to occur
  2. 2,293bekamgot, received (past)
  3. 2,294staatlichestate, government (inflected)
  4. 2,295wesentlichessential; considerably
  5. 2,296der Bewerberapplicant(s), candidate(s)
  6. 2,297der Gegensatzcontrast, opposite
  7. 2,298Anregungensuggestions, ideas, stimulus
  8. 2,299weisento point, to show; to refer
  9. 2,300älterenolder, elderly (inflected)

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