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German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Bundeswehr

Meaning in English: German armed forces

Rank 2,666 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B1
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Example

Mein Cousin ist seit einem Jahr bei der Bundeswehr.

My cousin has been in the army for a year.

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

How common is Bundeswehr?

Bundeswehr is number 2,666 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

  1. 2,662schwererheavier, harder
  2. 2,663galtwas considered; applied (past)
  3. 2,664der Mutcourage
  4. 2,665seitenson the part of
  5. 2,666die BundeswehrGerman armed forces
  6. 2,667kurzem(seit/vor kurzem) recently
  7. 2,668der Workshopworkshop
  8. 2,669verlangtdemanded, required, charged
  9. 2,670Vorwürfeaccusations, reproaches

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