German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Diagnose

Meaning in English: diagnosis

Rank 3,987 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B2

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Example

Die Ärztin hat mir die Diagnose genau erklärt.

The doctor explained the diagnosis to me in detail.

Der, die or das?

Diagnose is feminine: die Diagnose. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Diagnose?

Diagnose is number 3,987 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. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,983Ausstellungenexhibitions
  2. 3,984freierfree, freelance; freer
  3. 3,985die Ministerinminister (female)
  4. 3,986die Börsestock exchange, stock market
  5. 3,987die Diagnosediagnosis
  6. 3,988erstmalfirst (of all), for now
  7. 3,989brachtenbrought
  8. 3,990zugeordnetassigned, allocated
  9. 3,991die Fassungversion, composure, frame

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