German noun, neuter · CEFR B1

das Gerät

Meaning in English: device, appliance

Rank 1,292 of 5,000noun · dasLevel B13 forms in the list
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Example

Schalten Sie das Gerät nach dem Gebrauch aus.

Switch the appliance off after use.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Gerät in the top 5,000

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

Geräte#1,498
devices, appliancesA2

Schalt bitte alle Geräte aus.
Please switch off all the devices.

Geräten#3,063
devices, appliances (dative pl.)B1

Die App läuft auf allen Geräten.
The app runs on all devices.

How common is Gerät?

Gerät is number 1,292 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 71 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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. 1,288tretento step, to kick
  2. 1,289übertragento broadcast, to transfer
  3. 1,290anderesother, something else
  4. 1,291die Staatsanwaltschaftpublic prosecutor's office
  5. 1,292das Gerätdevice, appliance
  6. 1,293untenbelow, downstairs
  7. 1,294genanntcalled, named, mentioned
  8. 1,295die Tatdeed, act, crime
  9. 1,296die Nachfragedemand, enquiry

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