die Ergänzung
Meaning in English: addition, supplement
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Als Ergänzung empfehle ich dir dieses Buch.
As a supplement I recommend this book.
Der, die or das?
Ergänzung is feminine: die Ergänzung. 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 Ergänzung?
Ergänzung is number 4,336 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 53,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,332der Geistspirit, mind, ghost
- 4,333deutlichenclear, marked
- 4,334akzeptierento accept
- 4,335qualitativqualitative, in quality
- 4,336die Ergänzungaddition, supplement
- 4,337entlassento dismiss, to discharge, released
- 4,338bedientserved, operated
- 4,339das Geschlechtgender, sex
- 4,340die Akzeptanzacceptance
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,336
- The most common German nouns#1,880
- German B2 vocabulary#1,031
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#609
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.