German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Gegner
Meaning in English: opponent(s)
Example
Der Gegner war heute einfach stärker.
The opponent was simply stronger today.
Der, die or das?
Gegner is masculine: der Gegner. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Gegner?
Gegner is number 1,767 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 52 times per million words — about once every 19,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,763schwierigdifficult
- 1,764gestiegenrisen, increased
- 1,765die Fakultätfaculty (university)
- 1,766vielfältigediverse, varied
- 1,767der Gegneropponent(s)
- 1,768sitzento sit
- 1,769sichtbarvisible
- 1,770die Ausgabeedition, issue; expense
- 1,771extremextreme(ly)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,767
- The most common German nouns#702
- German B1 vocabulary#561
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#187
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.