German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Form

Meaning in English: form, shape

Rank 470 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B12 forms in the list

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Example

Der Kuchen hat die Form eines Herzens.

The cake is shaped like a heart.

Der, die or das?

Form is feminine: die Form. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Form in the top 5,000

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

Formen#1,989
forms, shapesB1

Die Kekse gibt es in vielen lustigen Formen.
The biscuits come in lots of funny shapes.

How common is Form?

Form is number 470 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 188 times per million words — about once every 5,300 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 58% 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

  1. 466kaumhardly, barely
  2. 467die Nutzunguse, usage
  3. 468dichyou (accusative, informal)
  4. 469kleinesmall, little
  5. 470die Formform, shape
  6. 471hinterbehind
  7. 472führtleads; runs
  8. 473die Förderungfunding, support; promotion
  9. 474wichtigeimportant

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