German noun, feminine · CEFR A2
die Brücke
Meaning in English: bridge
Example
Über den Fluss führt eine alte Brücke.
An old bridge crosses the river.
Der, die or das?
Brücke is feminine: die Brücke. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Brücke?
Brücke is number 2,727 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 33 times per million words — about once every 31,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 2,723beschriebendescribed
- 2,724investiertinvested
- 2,725schwarzblack
- 2,726zugelassenallowed; approved, registered
- 2,727die Brückebridge
- 2,728die Leidenschaftpassion
- 2,729die Mailemail
- 2,730geeignetesuitable
- 2,731gelerntlearned
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,727
- The most common German nouns#1,142
- German A2 vocabulary#612
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#376
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