German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Film

Meaning in English: film, movie

Rank 849 of 5,000noun · derLevel A13 forms in the list

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Example

Der Film war echt spannend.

The film was really exciting.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Film in the top 5,000

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

Filme#2,137
films, moviesA1

Welche Filme schaust du gern?
What kind of films do you like watching?

Filmen#4,228
films (dative)A2

In alten Filmen rauchen alle ständig.
In old films everyone smokes all the time.

How common is Film?

Film is number 849 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 104 times per million words — about once every 9,600 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% 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. 845die Naturnature
  2. 846die Digitalisierungdigitalization
  3. 847Zielegoals, targets
  4. 848erlebenexperience
  5. 849der Filmfilm, movie
  6. 850erkennenrecognize, realize
  7. 851eingesetztused, deployed
  8. 852die Liebelove
  9. 853schreibenwrite

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