German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Campus
Meaning in English: campus
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Die Mensa liegt mitten auf dem Campus.
The canteen is right in the middle of campus.
Der, die or das?
Campus is masculine: der Campus. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Campus?
Campus is number 2,032 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 45 times per million words — about once every 22,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 2,028das Rathaustown hall, city hall
- 2,029Partnernpartners (dative plural)
- 2,030fordertedemanded, called for (past)
- 2,031das Parlamentparliament
- 2,032der Campuscampus
- 2,033der Verlaufcourse, progress; history
- 2,034Bücherbooks
- 2,035die Sanierungrenovation, refurbishment
- 2,036sozialessocial (inflected)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,032
- The most common German nouns#820
- German B1 vocabulary#651
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#218
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.