der Fehler
Meaning in English: mistake, error
Example
In deinem Text sind nur zwei kleine Fehler.
There are only two small mistakes in your text.
Der, die or das?
Fehler is masculine: der Fehler. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Fehler?
Fehler is number 1,221 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 75 times per million words — about once every 13,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% 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
- 1,217der Stromelectricity, current, stream
- 1,218der Lehrerteacher
- 1,219starkenstrong
- 1,220der Schwerpunktfocus, main emphasis
- 1,221der Fehlermistake, error
- 1,222der Wettbewerbcompetition
- 1,223genanntenmentioned, named
- 1,224getroffenmet, hit, made (a decision)
- 1,225das Glückluck, happiness
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,221
- The most common German nouns#440
- German A1 vocabulary#395
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#123
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.