German noun, feminine · CEFR A2
die Burg
Meaning in English: castle
Example
Auf dem Hügel steht eine alte Burg.
There's an old castle on the hill.
Der, die or das?
Burg is feminine: die Burg. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Burg?
Burg is number 4,712 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,708maximalemaximum
- 4,709entfälltis cancelled, does not apply
- 4,710wöchentlichweekly
- 4,711die Landtagswahlstate election
- 4,712die Burgcastle
- 4,713die Steuerungcontrol, steering
- 4,714typischentypical
- 4,715warmwarm
- 4,716eingetragenregistered, entered
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- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#675
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