German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Ebene

Meaning in English: level, plane

Rank 1,617 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Das Problem muss auf höherer Ebene gelöst werden.

The problem must be solved at a higher level.

Der, die or das?

Ebene is feminine: die Ebene. 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.

Forms of Ebene in the top 5,000

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

Ebenen#3,534
levels; plainsB2

Das Parkhaus hat vier Ebenen.
The car park has four levels.

How common is Ebene?

Ebene is number 1,617 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 57 times per million words — about once every 18,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% 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. 1,613Schädendamage(s)
  2. 1,614vermutlichpresumably, probably
  3. 1,615bist(you) are
  4. 1,616Wertevalues, readings
  5. 1,617die Ebenelevel, plane
  6. 1,618erfolgreichesuccessful
  7. 1,619der Schlussend, conclusion
  8. 1,620Fällecases
  9. 1,621die Hoffnunghope

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