German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Erfahrung

Meaning in English: experience

Rank 949 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Aus Erfahrung weiß ich, dass das dauert.

I know from experience that it takes a while.

Der, die or das?

Erfahrung is feminine: die Erfahrung. 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.

Forms of Erfahrung in the top 5,000

These forms of Erfahrung are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Erfahrungen#667
experiencesB1

Hast du Erfahrungen mit diesem Programm?
Have you any experience with this program?

How common is Erfahrung?

Erfahrung is number 949 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 94 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words. Its most frequent form is Erfahrungen (#667).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% 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. 945passierthappened; happens
  2. 946die Initiativeinitiative
  3. 947schützenprotect
  4. 948bestimmtecertain, particular
  5. 949die Erfahrungexperience
  6. 950die Verwaltungadministration
  7. 951genugenough
  8. 952die Pflegecare, nursing
  9. 953die Versorgungsupply, provision, care

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