dieser
Meaning in English: this (masculine)
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Dieser Zug fährt nicht nach Hamburg.
This train doesn't go to Hamburg.
Forms of dieser in the top 5,000
These forms of dieser are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Diese Jacke gefällt mir sehr gut.
I really like this jacket.
In diesem Restaurant isst man sehr gut.
You eat very well in this restaurant.
Dies ist mein letzter Tag im Büro.
This is my last day in the office.
Dieses Wochenende fahre ich zu meinen Eltern.
This weekend I'm going to my parents'.
Kennst du diesen Mann?
Do you know this man?
How common is dieser?
dieser is number 79 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 1,167 times per million words — about once every 860 words. Its most frequent form is diese (#58).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 42% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
In these word lists
- The 100 most common German words#79
- The 500 most common German words#79
- The 1,000 most common German words#79
- The 5,000 most common German words#79
- German A1 vocabulary#71
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.