German noun, neuter · CEFR A1
das Gemüse
Meaning in English: vegetables
Example
Auf dem Markt kaufen wir frisches Gemüse.
We buy fresh vegetables at the market.
Der, die or das?
Gemüse is neuter: das Gemüse. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -e are usually die (170 of 193 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Gemüse?
Gemüse is number 3,239 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 38,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,235selbensame
- 3,236Kategoriencategories
- 3,237die Schuldfault, guilt; debt
- 3,238die Zahlungpayment
- 3,239das Gemüsevegetables
- 3,240durftenwere allowed to
- 3,241vollefull
- 3,242zusammengefasstsummarised
- 3,243Lehrerinnen(female) teachers
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,239
- The most common German nouns#1,372
- German A1 vocabulary#664
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#167
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