die Fraktion
Meaning in English: parliamentary group, faction
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Die Fraktion hat gegen das Gesetz gestimmt.
The parliamentary group voted against the law.
Der, die or das?
Fraktion is feminine: die Fraktion. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ion are die in 46 of 47 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Fraktion?
Fraktion is number 4,382 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 54,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,378betreffendenconcerned, in question
- 4,379tieferdeeper, lower
- 4,380der Strichline, stroke
- 4,381die Geduldpatience
- 4,382die Fraktionparliamentary group, faction
- 4,383die Ehefrauwife
- 4,384bedingtpartly, to a limited extent; due to
- 4,385relevanterelevant
- 4,386Einsätzecall-outs, missions, stakes
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,382
- The most common German nouns#1,902
- German C1 vocabulary#281
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#619
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.