German noun, neuter · CEFR B1

das Detail

Meaning in English: detail

Rank 3,829 of 5,000noun · dasLevel B12 forms in the list

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Example

Erzähl mir alles bis ins kleinste Detail!

Tell me everything down to the last detail!

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Detail in the top 5,000

These forms of Detail are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Details#1,504
detailsB1

Die Details besprechen wir später.
We'll discuss the details later.

How common is Detail?

Detail is number 3,829 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. Its most frequent form is Details (#1,504).

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. 3,825kommunizierento communicate
  2. 3,826die Lehrkraftteacher (formal)
  3. 3,827qualifiziertequalified
  4. 3,828der Charaktercharacter, personality
  5. 3,829das Detaildetail
  6. 3,830ÖsterreichsAustria's, of Austria
  7. 3,831die Gastronomierestaurant trade, catering
  8. 3,832hineinin, into (away from speaker)
  9. 3,833AfrikaAfrica

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