German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Freund

Meaning in English: friend, boyfriend

Rank 2,081 of 5,000noun · derLevel A13 forms in the list

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Example

Mein Freund kommt heute Abend zum Essen.
My boyfriend is coming for dinner tonight.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Freund in the top 5,000

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

Freunde#1,302

friendsA1

Am Abend kommen ein paar Freunde vorbei.
A few friends are coming round this evening.

Freunden#2,178

friends (dative plural)A1

Am Wochenende gehe ich mit Freunden wandern.
At the weekend I'm going hiking with friends.

How common is Freund?

Freund is number 2,081 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 44 times per million words — about once every 23,000 words. Its most frequent form is Freunde (#1,302).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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

2,077der Unterschieddifference
2,078der Nachweisproof, evidence, certificate
2,079viertenfourth (inflected)
2,080Beziehungenrelationships, relations
2,081der Freundfriend, boyfriend
2,082verlängertextended, renewed
2,083die Flächearea, surface
2,084der Frankenfranc(s) (Swiss currency)
2,085beantwortento answer

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