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German noun, masculine · CEFR C1

der Erwerb

Meaning in English: acquisition, purchase

Rank 3,616 of 5,000noun · derLevel C1
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Example

Beim Erwerb einer Wohnung fallen Nebenkosten an.

Additional costs arise when buying a flat.

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

How common is Erwerb?

Erwerb is number 3,616 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,612körperlichephysical
  2. 3,613EnglandEngland
  3. 3,614Geflüchteterefugees
  4. 3,615holtfetches, gets, picks up
  5. 3,616der Erwerbacquisition, purchase
  6. 3,617vorliegendenpresent, available, at hand
  7. 3,618die Hinsichtrespect, regard
  8. 3,619der Radfahrercyclist
  9. 3,620bezeichnetecalled, described (as)

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