German noun, neuter · CEFR B1
das Drittel
Meaning in English: third
Example
Ein Drittel der Torte ist schon weg.
A third of the cake is already gone.
Der, die or das?
Drittel is neuter: das Drittel. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Drittel?
Drittel is number 1,585 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 58 times per million words — about once every 17,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% 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
- 1,581vorbereitetprepared
- 1,582daraufhinthereupon, as a result
- 1,583die Kartecard, map, ticket, menu
- 1,584das Schuljahrschool year
- 1,585das Drittelthird
- 1,586gespieltplayed
- 1,587vorgesehenplanned, intended, provided for
- 1,588planento plan
- 1,589nachhaltigsustainable, lasting
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,585
- The most common German nouns#615
- German B1 vocabulary#490
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#81
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