German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der Herbst
Meaning in English: autumn, fall
Example
Im Herbst werden die Blätter gelb und rot.
In autumn the leaves turn yellow and red.
Der, die or das?
Herbst is masculine: der Herbst. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Herbst?
Herbst is number 1,057 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 86 times per million words — about once every 12,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,053völligcompletely, totally
- 1,054der Prozessprocess, trial
- 1,055trägtcarries, wears
- 1,056zahlreichennumerous
- 1,057der Herbstautumn, fall
- 1,058die CoronaCovid, coronavirus
- 1,059gesehenseen
- 1,060das Zentrumcentre
- 1,061Wegeways, paths
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,057
- The most common German nouns#365
- German A1 vocabulary#369
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#99
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.