German noun, feminine · CEFR B2
die Demenz
Meaning in English: dementia
Example
Ihre Großmutter leidet an Demenz.
Her grandmother suffers from dementia.
Der, die or das?
Demenz is feminine: die Demenz. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -enz are die in 8 of 8 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Demenz?
Demenz is number 3,777 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 45,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,773vornat the front, in front
- 3,774die Abrechnungbill, statement; settlement
- 3,775der Postenpost, position; item
- 3,776Ergebnissenresults (dative pl.)
- 3,777die Demenzdementia
- 3,778mitbringento bring (along)
- 3,779die Unterhaltungconversation; entertainment
- 3,780fortgesetztcontinued, resumed
- 3,781das Lagerwarehouse, stock; camp
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,777
- The most common German nouns#1,621
- German B2 vocabulary#837
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#525
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