die Figur
Meaning in English: figure, character, physique
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Welche Figur im Film hat dir am besten gefallen?
Which character in the film did you like best?
Der, die or das?
Figur is feminine: die Figur. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ur are die in 12 of 14 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Figur in the top 5,000
These forms of Figur are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Die Figuren in dem Roman wirken sehr echt.
The characters in the novel seem very real.
How common is Figur?
Figur is number 4,368 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 54,000 words. Its most frequent form is Figuren (#3,958).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,364ausländischenforeign
- 4,365der Kommentarcomment, commentary
- 4,366niedrigenlow
- 4,367Auszubildendentrainees, apprentices
- 4,368die Figurfigure, character, physique
- 4,369heutigetoday's, present-day
- 4,370Zielgruppentarget groups
- 4,371das Obstfruit
- 4,372einbezogenincluded, involved
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,368
- The most common German nouns#1,895
- German B1 vocabulary#1,426
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#616
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.