die Familie
Meaning in English: family
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Weihnachten feiern wir mit der ganzen Familie.
We celebrate Christmas with the whole family.
Der, die or das?
Familie is feminine: die Familie. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ie are die in 20 of 21 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Familie in the top 5,000
These forms of Familie are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Viele Familien machen hier Urlaub.
Many families go on holiday here.
How common is Familie?
Familie is number 350 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 245 times per million words — about once every 4,100 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 55% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 346der FreitagFriday
- 347beispielsweisefor example
- 348kurzshort; briefly
- 349Thementopics, subjects
- 350die Familiefamily
- 351das Geldmoney
- 352möchtewould like
- 353warumwhy
- 354der Mitarbeiteremployee, colleague, staff
In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#350
- The 1,000 most common German words#350
- The 5,000 most common German words#350
- The most common German nouns#62
- German A1 vocabulary#201
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#18
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.