German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Fortschritt

Meaning in English: progress

Rank 4,902 of 5,000noun · derLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Das ist ein großer Fortschritt für uns alle.

That's great progress for all of us.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Fortschritt in the top 5,000

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

Fortschritte#3,843
progressB1

Du machst im Deutschen große Fortschritte!
You're making great progress in German!

How common is Fortschritt?

Fortschritt is number 4,902 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 62,000 words. Its most frequent form is Fortschritte (#3,843).

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.

Related words in the list

Fortschritt is built from fort (away, gone; onward) + der Schritt (step).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,898Mitgliedstaatenmember states
  2. 4,899schönermore beautiful, nicer
  3. 4,900erneutenrenewed, repeated
  4. 4,901das Casinocasino
  5. 4,902der Fortschrittprogress
  6. 4,903derartso, to such an extent
  7. 4,904dokumentierento document, to record
  8. 4,905unkompliziertstraightforward, easy
  9. 4,906die Schaushow, exhibition

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