German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Beziehung

Meaning in English: relationship, connection

Rank 1,967 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Die beiden haben eine sehr enge Beziehung.

The two of them have a very close relationship.

Der, die or das?

Beziehung is feminine: die Beziehung. 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.

Forms of Beziehung in the top 5,000

These forms of Beziehung are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Beziehungen#2,080
relationships, relationsB1

Er hat gute Beziehungen zur Stadtverwaltung.
He has good connections at the town council.

How common is Beziehung?

Beziehung is number 1,967 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 47 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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. 1,963reagierento react, to respond
  2. 1,964hoherhigh (inflected)
  3. 1,965trafmet, hit (past)
  4. 1,966einstonce, formerly
  5. 1,967die Beziehungrelationship, connection
  6. 1,968kleinsmall, little
  7. 1,969bestehendeexisting
  8. 1,970Bundesof the federation (genitive)
  9. 1,971der Fußfoot

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