die Herausforderung
Meaning in English: challenge
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Der neue Job ist eine echte Herausforderung.
The new job is a real challenge.
Der, die or das?
Herausforderung is feminine: die Herausforderung. 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.
Forms of Herausforderung in the top 5,000
These forms of Herausforderung are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Der neue Job bringt viele Herausforderungen mit sich.
The new job brings lots of challenges.
How common is Herausforderung?
Herausforderung is number 1,301 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 70 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words. Its most frequent form is Herausforderungen (#708).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Herausforderung is built from heraus (out (of)) + die Forderung (demand, claim).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,297FrankreichFrance
- 1,298deutscherGerman
- 1,299spätestensat the latest
- 1,300bewusstconscious(ly), aware
- 1,301die Herausforderungchallenge
- 1,302Freundefriends
- 1,303beschlossendecided, resolved
- 1,304möglichenpossible
- 1,305Entscheidungendecisions
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,301
- The most common German nouns#472
- German B2 vocabulary#172
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#166
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.