German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Fischer
Meaning in English: fisherman
Example
Der Fischer fährt jeden Morgen aufs Meer.
The fisherman goes out to sea every morning.
Der, die or das?
Fischer is masculine: der Fischer. 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 Fischer?
Fischer is number 2,823 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 31 times per million words — about once every 32,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 2,819Schwerpunktefocal points, priorities
- 2,820ehrenamtlichenvolunteer, unpaid
- 2,821Angriffeattacks
- 2,822bautbuilds
- 2,823der Fischerfisherman
- 2,824vielfältigdiverse, varied
- 2,825freiwilligvoluntary, voluntarily
- 2,826bliebenstayed (past, plural)
- 2,827betreibtruns, operates
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,823
- The most common German nouns#1,184
- German B1 vocabulary#905
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#308
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