German noun, neuter · CEFR A2

das Herz

Meaning in English: heart

Rank 1,854 of 5,000noun · dasLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Sie hat ein gutes Herz.

She has a kind heart.

Der, die or das?

Herz is neuter: das Herz. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Herz in the top 5,000

These forms of Herz are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Herzen#1,917
hearts; heart (dative)B1

Vielen Dank von Herzen!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

How common is Herz?

Herz is number 1,854 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 49 times per million words — about once every 20,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,850stecktis (stuck) in, is behind
  2. 1,851Beschäftigteemployees
  3. 1,852gestartetstarted, launched, taken off
  4. 1,853gefeiertcelebrated
  5. 1,854das Herzheart
  6. 1,855Aspekteaspects
  7. 1,856das Theatertheatre
  8. 1,857früherenformer, earlier
  9. 1,858beendetfinished, ended

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