German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Bord
Meaning in English: board (an Bord = on board)
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Alle Passagiere sind jetzt an Bord.
All passengers are now on board.
Der, die or das?
Bord is masculine: der Bord. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Bord?
Bord is number 2,656 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 34 times per million words — about once every 30,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,652der Versuchattempt, try; experiment
- 2,653fortaway, gone; onward
- 2,654bestätigenconfirm
- 2,655die Genehmigungpermission, permit
- 2,656der Bordboard (an Bord = on board)
- 2,657die Mieterent
- 2,658die Sprecherinspokeswoman, speaker (female)
- 2,659die Messetrade fair; mass (church)
- 2,660anerkanntrecognised, accepted
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,656
- The most common German nouns#1,113
- German B1 vocabulary#858
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#295
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.