German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Enkel
Meaning in English: grandson; grandchild
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Family members in German list.
Example
Ihr Enkel studiert jetzt in Berlin.
Her grandson is now studying in Berlin.
Der, die or das?
Enkel is masculine: der Enkel. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Enkel?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Enkel appears 8.1 times per million words — about once every 120,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Family: more words
- die Familiefamily
- die Elternparents
- die Muttermother
- der Vaterfather
- das Kindchild
- der Sohnson
- die Tochterdaughter
- der Bruderbrother
- die Schwestersister; nurse
- die Geschwistersiblings, brothers and sisters
- die Großelterngrandparents
- die Großmuttergrandmother
- der Großvatergrandfather
- die Omagrandma, granny
- der Opagrandpa, grandad
- die Enkelingranddaughter
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