der Charakter
Meaning in English: character, personality
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Sie hat einen starken Charakter.
She has a strong personality.
Der, die or das?
Charakter is masculine: der Charakter. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Charakter?
Charakter is number 3,828 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 46,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,824tausendthousand
- 3,825kommunizierento communicate
- 3,826die Lehrkraftteacher (formal)
- 3,827qualifiziertequalified
- 3,828der Charaktercharacter, personality
- 3,829das Detaildetail
- 3,830ÖsterreichsAustria's, of Austria
- 3,831die Gastronomierestaurant trade, catering
- 3,832hineinin, into (away from speaker)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,828
- The most common German nouns#1,647
- German B1 vocabulary#1,226
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#420
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.