German noun, neuter · CEFR B1

das Coronavirus

Meaning in English: coronavirus

Rank 2,166 of 5,000noun · dasLevel B1

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Example

Er wurde positiv auf das Coronavirus getestet.

He tested positive for the coronavirus.

Der, die or das?

Coronavirus is neuter: das Coronavirus. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Coronavirus?

Coronavirus is number 2,166 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 42 times per million words — about once every 24,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Related words in the list

Coronavirus is built from die Corona (Covid, coronavirus) + das Virus (virus).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,162Bundesländernfederal states (dative plural)
  2. 2,163das Handymobile phone, cell phone
  3. 2,164feiertcelebrates
  4. 2,165WeihnachtenChristmas
  5. 2,166das Coronaviruscoronavirus
  6. 2,167voranahead, forward
  7. 2,168die Kameracamera
  8. 2,169wesentlichenessential, main (inflected)
  9. 2,170die Maßnahmemeasure, step

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