German noun, neuter · CEFR A2
Dingen
Meaning in English: things
This is a form of Ding, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are Dinge.
Example
Vor allen Dingen brauche ich jetzt Schlaf.
Above all, I need sleep now.
How common is Dingen?
Dingen is number 4,636 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,632widerrufento revoke, to withdraw, to cancel
- 4,633der Randedge, rim
- 4,634jetzigencurrent, present
- 4,635erbrachtprovided, rendered, supplied
- 4,636Dingenthings
- 4,637wildwild
- 4,638untersagtprohibited, forbidden
- 4,639verschiedenstenmost diverse, all sorts of
- 4,640mittleremiddle, medium, average
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