der Code
Meaning in English: code
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Gib den Code ein, um die Tür zu öffnen.
Enter the code to open the door.
Der, die or das?
Code is masculine: der Code. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -e are usually die (170 of 193 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Code?
Code is number 4,032 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 48,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,028kontrollierento check, to control
- 4,029beruflichprofessional, for work
- 4,030befreitfreed, exempt
- 4,031draufon it (colloquial)
- 4,032der Codecode
- 4,033verfügbarenavailable
- 4,034die Sommerferiensummer holidays
- 4,035diversenvarious
- 4,036ereignetehappened, occurred
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,032
- The most common German nouns#1,742
- German B1 vocabulary#1,303
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#444
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.