German noun, feminine · CEFR C1
die Haftung
Meaning in English: liability
Example
Für Garderobe übernehmen wir keine Haftung.
We accept no liability for coats and bags.
Der, die or das?
Haftung is feminine: die Haftung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Haftung?
Haftung is number 4,357 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 53,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,353angebotenenoffered
- 4,354die Erholungrest, recovery, relaxation
- 4,355die Schülerinpupil, schoolgirl
- 4,356treibtdrives, pushes; does (sport)
- 4,357die Haftungliability
- 4,358der Weinwine
- 4,359koordiniertcoordinates, coordinated
- 4,360die Streitkräftearmed forces
- 4,361die Oberflächesurface, interface
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,357
- The most common German nouns#1,889
- German C1 vocabulary#275
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#614
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.