German noun, neuter · CEFR A1
das Eis
Meaning in English: ice cream, ice
Example
Möchtest du ein Eis mit Schokolade?
Would you like a chocolate ice cream?
Der, die or das?
Eis is neuter: das Eis. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Eis?
Eis is number 3,054 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 35,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,050unbekanntenunknown
- 3,051spürento feel, to sense
- 3,052Kräfteforces, strength, staff
- 3,053liebento love
- 3,054das Eisice cream, ice
- 3,055die Berufungappeal; vocation; appointment
- 3,056der Songsong
- 3,057schlechtebad, poor
- 3,058die Beschäftigungemployment, occupation, activity
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,054
- The most common German nouns#1,286
- German A1 vocabulary#648
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#150
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.