der Herr
Meaning in English: Mr, gentleman, lord
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Guten Tag, Herr Weber, wie geht es Ihnen?
Good afternoon, Mr Weber, how are you?
Der, die or das?
Herr is masculine: der Herr. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Herr in the top 5,000
These forms of Herr are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Ich habe einen Termin bei Herrn Weber.
I have an appointment with Mr Weber.
Die Toilette für Herren ist oben.
The men's toilet is upstairs.
How common is Herr?
Herr is number 1,277 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 72 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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
- 1,273ähnlichsimilar
- 1,274personenbezogenenpersonal (data)
- 1,275gesperrtclosed, blocked
- 1,276die Produktionproduction
- 1,277der HerrMr, gentleman, lord
- 1,278erstellento create, to draw up
- 1,279berichtento report, to tell
- 1,280privatenprivate
- 1,281feiernto celebrate, to party
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,277
- The most common German nouns#462
- German A1 vocabulary#408
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#132
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.