German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Einkauf
Meaning in English: shopping, purchase
Example
Den Einkauf erledige ich meistens samstags.
I usually do the shopping on Saturdays.
Der, die or das?
Einkauf is masculine: der Einkauf. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Einkauf?
Einkauf is number 4,692 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 59,000 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.
Related words in the list
Einkauf is built from der Kauf (purchase).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,688kritischencritical
- 4,689hartehard, tough
- 4,690der Durchgangpassage; round, run
- 4,691Spielsgame, match (genitive)
- 4,692der Einkaufshopping, purchase
- 4,693die Weitergabepassing on, disclosure
- 4,694eigentlichenactual, real
- 4,695Äußerungenremarks, statements
- 4,696das Geschenkpresent, gift
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,692
- The most common German nouns#2,055
- German A2 vocabulary#928
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#512
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