German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Erfolg

Meaning in English: success

Rank 561 of 5,000noun · derLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Viel Erfolg bei der Prüfung!

Good luck with the exam!

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Erfolg is masculine: der Erfolg. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Erfolg in the top 5,000

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

Erfolge#2,598
successesB1

Wir feiern gemeinsam unsere Erfolge.
We celebrate our successes together.

How common is Erfolg?

Erfolg is number 561 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 158 times per million words — about once every 6,300 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 59% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Related words in the list

Words built on Erfolg:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 557regelmäßigregular(ly)
  2. 558das Autocar
  3. 559gestelltput, placed; asked (a question)
  4. 560einzelnenindividual, single
  5. 561der Erfolgsuccess
  6. 562paara few (ein paar)
  7. 563hochhigh, tall
  8. 564Inhaltecontents, content
  9. 565jedemevery, each (dative)

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