der
Meaning in English: the (masculine)
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Der Bus kommt heute ein bisschen später.
The bus is coming a bit later today.
Forms of der in the top 5,000
These forms of der are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Die Kinder spielen draußen im Garten.
The children are playing outside in the garden.
Das Wetter ist heute wirklich schön.
The weather is really nice today.
Hast du den Schlüssel gesehen?
Have you seen the key?
Das Ende des Films war traurig.
The end of the film was sad.
Ich fahre mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit.
I ride my bike to work.
Das sind die Freunde, mit denen ich verreise.
These are the friends I'm travelling with.
Das ist die Nachbarin, deren Katze bei uns schläft.
That's the neighbour whose cat sleeps at our place.
Das ist der Mann, dessen Auto gestohlen wurde.
That's the man whose car was stolen.
How common is der?
der is number 2 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 34,122 times per million words — about once every 29 words. Its most frequent form is die (#1).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 7% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.