German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Händler
Meaning in English: dealer, trader, retailer
Example
Der Händler gibt mir zehn Prozent Rabatt.
The dealer is giving me a ten percent discount.
Der, die or das?
Händler is masculine: der Händler. 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 Händler?
Händler is number 3,518 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 42,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,514erheblichenconsiderable, substantial
- 3,515UngarnHungary
- 3,516konsequentconsistent(ly), rigorous(ly)
- 3,517rechtlichlegal(ly)
- 3,518der Händlerdealer, trader, retailer
- 3,519drehtturns; films, shoots
- 3,520wünschtwishes, wants
- 3,521der Managermanager
- 3,522möchtestwould like (du form)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,518
- The most common German nouns#1,497
- German B1 vocabulary#1,132
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#383
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.