das Element
Meaning in English: element
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Humor ist ein wichtiges Element in ihren Büchern.
Humour is an important element in her books.
Der, die or das?
Element is neuter: das Element. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ment are das in 6 of 7 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Element in the top 5,000
These forms of Element are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Die Farben sind wichtige Elemente in diesem Bild.
Colours are important elements in this picture.
How common is Element?
Element is number 4,042 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 49,000 words. Its most frequent form is Elemente (#2,993).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,038sportlichensporting, athletic
- 4,039steigenderising, increasing
- 4,040Optionenoptions
- 4,041der Useruser
- 4,042das Elementelement
- 4,043Praktikainternships
- 4,044entspanntrelaxed
- 4,045hinterlassento leave (behind)
- 4,046behauptetclaims, claimed
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,042
- The most common German nouns#1,746
- German B2 vocabulary#929
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#213
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.