German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Energiewende

Meaning in English: energy transition (to renewables)

Rank 3,426 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B2
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Example

Die Energiewende kostet am Anfang viel Geld.

The energy transition costs a lot of money at first.

Der, die or das?

Energiewende is feminine: die Energiewende. 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.

How common is Energiewende?

Energiewende is number 3,426 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Related words in the list

Energiewende is built from die Energie (energy) + die Wende (turn, turning point; reunification).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,422Ursachencauses
  2. 3,423trafenmet (past tense, plural)
  3. 3,424hoheshigh (neuter)
  4. 3,425halbenhalf
  5. 3,426die Energiewendeenergy transition (to renewables)
  6. 3,427die Krankenkassehealth insurance fund
  7. 3,428beliebtenpopular
  8. 3,429entschieddecided
  9. 3,430sozialersocial

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