German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Herd
Meaning in English: cooker, stove
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Rooms and furniture in German list.
Example
Die Suppe steht noch auf dem Herd.
The soup is still on the stove.
Der, die or das?
Herd is masculine: der Herd. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Herd?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Herd appears 4.2 times per million words — about once every 240,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
House and home: more words
- das Haushouse; building
- die Wohnungflat, apartment
- das Zimmerroom
- die Küchekitchen; cuisine
- das Badbathroom; bath
- das Badezimmerbathroom
- das Schlafzimmerbedroom
- das Wohnzimmerliving room
- der Flurhall, hallway
- der Kellercellar, basement
- der Gartengarden
- der Balkonbalcony
- die Türdoor
- das Fensterwindow
- die Wandwall
- der Bodenfloor, ground, soil
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.