German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Chance

Meaning in English: chance, opportunity

Rank 763 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B12 forms in the list

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Example

Gib ihm doch noch eine Chance.

Why not give him another chance?

Der, die or das?

Chance is feminine: die Chance. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Chance in the top 5,000

These forms of Chance are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Chancen#896
chances, opportunitiesB1

Mit guten Noten hast du bessere Chancen.
With good marks you have better chances.

How common is Chance?

Chance is number 763 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 118 times per million words — about once every 8,500 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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. 759gestaltendesign, shape, arrange
  2. 760nächstenext, nearest
  3. 761esseneat
  4. 762befindetis (located)
  5. 763die Chancechance, opportunity
  6. 764die Bundesregierungfederal government
  7. 765deineyour (informal)
  8. 766seineshis, its (genitive)
  9. 767informiertinformed; informs

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