German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Erinnerung

Meaning in English: memory; reminder

Rank 2,580 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Das Foto ist eine schöne Erinnerung an den Urlaub.

The photo is a lovely reminder of the holiday.

Der, die or das?

Erinnerung is feminine: die Erinnerung. 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 Erinnerung in the top 5,000

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

Erinnerungen#3,692
memoriesB1

An diesen Urlaub habe ich schöne Erinnerungen.
I have lovely memories of that holiday.

How common is Erinnerung?

Erinnerung is number 2,580 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 35 times per million words — about once every 29,000 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. 2,576kleineresmaller
  2. 2,577Türendoors
  3. 2,578Händehands
  4. 2,579der Serverserver
  5. 2,580die Erinnerungmemory; reminder
  6. 2,581beinhaltetincludes, contains
  7. 2,582der Eigentümerowner
  8. 2,583Seniorensenior citizens
  9. 2,584kurzershort, brief

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