German noun, feminine · CEFR A2

die Bibliothek

Meaning in English: library

Rank 2,543 of 5,000noun · dieLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Ich leihe mir Bücher in der Bibliothek.

I borrow books from the library.

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Bibliothek is feminine: die Bibliothek. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Bibliothek in the top 5,000

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

Bibliotheken#4,981
librariesA2

Viele Bibliotheken verleihen auch E-Books.
Many libraries also lend e-books.

How common is Bibliothek?

Bibliothek is number 2,543 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 35 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,539äußerstextremely
  2. 2,540die Kündigungnotice, termination, dismissal
  3. 2,541aktiveactive
  4. 2,542der Hinblickregard (im Hinblick auf)
  5. 2,543die Bibliotheklibrary
  6. 2,544passenfit, suit
  7. 2,545der Pkwcar (passenger vehicle)
  8. 2,546sichergestelltensured; seized
  9. 2,547gabengave (past, plural)

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