German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der Cent
Meaning in English: cent
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Die Brezel kostet neunzig Cent.
The pretzel costs ninety cents.
Der, die or das?
Cent is masculine: der Cent. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Cent?
Cent is number 3,163 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 27 times per million words — about once every 37,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,159die Finanzenfinances
- 3,160frohglad, happy
- 3,161versuche(I) try
- 3,162verstandenunderstood
- 3,163der Centcent
- 3,164die Stärkestrength; starch
- 3,165Ausnahmenexceptions
- 3,166das Landesamtstate office (authority)
- 3,167abgegebenhanded in, given away, cast
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,163
- The most common German nouns#1,327
- German A1 vocabulary#658
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#345
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.