German noun, feminine · CEFR C1
die Bilanz
Meaning in English: balance sheet; outcome, record
Example
Am Ende des Jahres ziehen wir Bilanz.
At the end of the year we take stock.
Der, die or das?
Bilanz is feminine: die Bilanz. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -anz are die in 5 of 5 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Bilanz?
Bilanz is number 2,833 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 31 times per million words — about once every 32,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,829steigernincrease, boost
- 2,830selbstständigindependent; self-employed
- 2,831das Kreuzcross; lower back
- 2,832die Motivationmotivation
- 2,833die Bilanzbalance sheet; outcome, record
- 2,834der Gastgeberhost
- 2,835das Fahrradbicycle
- 2,836Smartphonessmartphones
- 2,837der Bruderbrother
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,833
- The most common German nouns#1,188
- German C1 vocabulary#123
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#395
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.