German noun, neuter · CEFR A2

das Geschäft

Meaning in English: shop, business, deal

Rank 1,978 of 5,000noun · dasLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Das Geschäft an der Ecke hat sonntags geschlossen.

The shop on the corner is closed on Sundays.

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

Forms of Geschäft in the top 5,000

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

Geschäfte#2,714
shops; deals, businessA1

Am Sonntag sind die Geschäfte geschlossen.
The shops are closed on Sunday.

How common is Geschäft?

Geschäft is number 1,978 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 46 times per million words — about once every 22,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Related words in the list

Words built on Geschäft:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,974Einsatzkräfteemergency services, responders
  2. 1,975erhobenraised, levied, collected (data)
  3. 1,976der Haushalthousehold, budget
  4. 1,977die Markebrand, make, stamp
  5. 1,978das Geschäftshop, business, deal
  6. 1,979Aussagenstatements
  7. 1,980die Sonnesun
  8. 1,981davorin front of it, before that
  9. 1,982verbessertimproved

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