German noun, neuter · CEFR A1

das Foto

Meaning in English: photo

Rank 1,646 of 5,000noun · dasLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Kannst du ein Foto von uns machen?

Can you take a photo of us?

Der, die or das?

Foto is neuter: das Foto. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -o are das in 13 of 14 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Foto in the top 5,000

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

Fotos#1,074
photosA1

Schick mir doch die Fotos vom Urlaub!
Do send me the photos from the holiday!

How common is Foto?

Foto is number 1,646 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 56 times per million words — about once every 18,000 words. Its most frequent form is Fotos (#1,074).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% 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. 1,642das Frühjahrspring
  2. 1,643verfügento have (at one's disposal)
  3. 1,644die Lebensmittelfood, groceries
  4. 1,645die Änderungchange, alteration
  5. 1,646das Fotophoto
  6. 1,647Zeugenwitnesses
  7. 1,648Erwachseneadults
  8. 1,649der Verbraucherconsumer(s)
  9. 1,650die Stimmungmood, atmosphere

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