German noun, neuter · CEFR B1

das Gegenteil

Meaning in English: opposite, contrary

Rank 3,084 of 5,000noun · dasLevel B1
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Example

Im Gegenteil, ich finde die Idee super.

On the contrary, I think the idea is great.

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Gegenteil is neuter: das Gegenteil. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Gegenteil?

Gegenteil is number 3,084 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Related words in the list

Gegenteil is built from der Teil (part, piece).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,080hohemhigh (dative)
  2. 3,081wenwhom, who (accusative)
  3. 3,082herumaround, about
  4. 3,083hundertehundreds
  5. 3,084das Gegenteilopposite, contrary
  6. 3,085bereitgestelltprovided, made available
  7. 3,086holtefetched, got
  8. 3,087geringerlower, smaller
  9. 3,088doppeltdouble, twice

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