German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der Bruder
Meaning in English: brother
Example
Mein älterer Bruder wohnt in Hamburg.
My older brother lives in Hamburg.
Der, die or das?
Bruder is masculine: der Bruder. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Bruder?
Bruder is number 2,837 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. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,833die Bilanzbalance sheet; outcome, record
- 2,834der Gastgeberhost
- 2,835das Fahrradbicycle
- 2,836Smartphonessmartphones
- 2,837der Bruderbrother
- 2,838das Gewichtweight
- 2,839die Einstellungattitude; setting; hiring
- 2,840die Dokumentationdocumentary; documentation
- 2,841geschiehthappens
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,837
- The most common German nouns#1,192
- German A1 vocabulary#624
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#311
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.