German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Eröffnung

Meaning in English: opening

Rank 2,483 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B1
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Example

Zur Eröffnung gibt es Sekt für alle.

There's sparkling wine for everyone at the opening.

Der, die or das?

Eröffnung is feminine: die Eröffnung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Eröffnung?

Eröffnung is number 2,483 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,479gerechtfair, just
  2. 2,480ließenlet, left, had done (past, pl.)
  3. 2,481gegebenenfallsif necessary, where applicable
  4. 2,482das Viertelquarter; neighbourhood
  5. 2,483die Eröffnungopening
  6. 2,484der Eintrittadmission, entry
  7. 2,485tausendethousands (of)
  8. 2,486Waffenweapons
  9. 2,487zeichnetdraws; (sich aus) stands out

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