der Gegenstand
Meaning in English: object, item; subject (matter)
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Im Koffer lag ein seltsamer Gegenstand.
There was a strange object in the suitcase.
Der, die or das?
Gegenstand is masculine: der Gegenstand. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Gegenstand in the top 5,000
These forms of Gegenstand are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Spitze Gegenstände sind im Handgepäck verboten.
Sharp objects are not allowed in hand luggage.
How common is Gegenstand?
Gegenstand is number 3,477 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 41,000 words. Its most frequent form is Gegenstände (#3,222).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,473zeitweiseat times, temporarily
- 3,474abseitsaway from, off
- 3,475mituntersometimes, occasionally
- 3,476Lebensmittelnfood, groceries (dative pl.)
- 3,477der Gegenstandobject, item; subject (matter)
- 3,478die Einigungagreement, settlement
- 3,479klarenclear
- 3,480der Gebrauchuse, usage
- 3,481eingegangenreceived, arrived; entered into
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,477
- The most common German nouns#1,475
- German B2 vocabulary#748
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#376
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.