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German noun, neuter · CEFR A2

das Fach

Meaning in English: subject; compartment; field

Rank 2,058 of 5,000noun · dasLevel A23 forms in the list
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Example

Welches Fach unterrichtest du an der Schule?

Which subject do you teach at the school?

Der, die or das?

Fach is neuter: das Fach. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Fach in the top 5,000

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

Fächer#3,126
subjects; compartmentsA2

Welche Fächer hast du in der Schule am liebsten?
Which school subjects do you like best?

Fächern#3,635
subjects (dative pl.)A2

In welchen Fächern hast du gute Noten?
Which subjects do you get good marks in?

How common is Fach?

Fach is number 2,058 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 44 times per million words — about once every 23,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Related words in the list

Words built on Fach:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,054verschiedener(of) various, different (inflected)
  2. 2,055der Sinnsense, meaning
  3. 2,056die Pflichtduty, obligation
  4. 2,057geschütztprotected
  5. 2,058das Fachsubject; compartment; field
  6. 2,059die Anerkennungrecognition, appreciation
  7. 2,060geändertchanged
  8. 2,061tollegreat, fantastic (inflected)
  9. 2,062Akteureactors, players, stakeholders

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