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German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Hinweis

Meaning in English: note, hint, tip

Rank 1,742 of 5,000noun · derLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Danke für den Hinweis!

Thanks for the tip!

Der, die or das?

Hinweis is masculine: der Hinweis. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Hinweis in the top 5,000

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

Hinweise#805
tips, notes, cluesB1

Danke für die hilfreichen Hinweise!
Thanks for the helpful tips!

How common is Hinweis?

Hinweis is number 1,742 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 53 times per million words — about once every 19,000 words. Its most frequent form is Hinweise (#805).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,738der Bezirkdistrict
  2. 1,739Strukturenstructures
  3. 1,740die Ernährungdiet, nutrition
  4. 1,741Pflanzenplants
  5. 1,742der Hinweisnote, hint, tip
  6. 1,743der Westenwest
  7. 1,744tutdoes; hurts (tut weh)
  8. 1,745allgemeinegeneral
  9. 1,746die Streckeroute, distance, line

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