German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Charakter

Meaning in English: character, personality

Rank 3,828 of 5,000noun · derLevel B1

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Example

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

  1. 3,824tausendthousand
  2. 3,825kommunizierento communicate
  3. 3,826die Lehrkraftteacher (formal)
  4. 3,827qualifiziertequalified
  5. 3,828der Charaktercharacter, personality
  6. 3,829das Detaildetail
  7. 3,830ÖsterreichsAustria's, of Austria
  8. 3,831die Gastronomierestaurant trade, catering
  9. 3,832hineinin, into (away from speaker)

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