die Forderung
Meaning in English: demand, claim
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Die Gewerkschaft stellt eine klare Forderung.
The union is making a clear demand.
Der, die or das?
Forderung is feminine: die Forderung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Forderung in the top 5,000
These forms of Forderung are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Die Streikenden haben klare Forderungen.
The strikers have clear demands.
How common is Forderung?
Forderung is number 2,866 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. Its most frequent form is Forderungen (#2,348).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Words built on Forderung:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,862der Ausdruckexpression; printout
- 2,863die Republikrepublic
- 2,864denktthinks
- 2,865die Reformreform
- 2,866die Forderungdemand, claim
- 2,867das Businessbusiness
- 2,868die Strukturstructure
- 2,869umgehendeal with, handle (mit)
- 2,870eignetis suitable (sich)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,866
- The most common German nouns#1,211
- German B2 vocabulary#563
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#404
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.