German noun, neuter · CEFR A2
das Holz
Meaning in English: wood
Example
Der Tisch ist ganz aus Holz.
The table is made entirely of wood.
Der, die or das?
Holz is neuter: das Holz. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Holz?
Holz is number 2,490 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,486Waffenweapons
- 2,487zeichnetdraws; (sich aus) stands out
- 2,488die Haltungattitude, stance; posture
- 2,489folgendefollowing
- 2,490das Holzwood
- 2,491diskutierendiscuss
- 2,492komme(I) come
- 2,493die Farbecolour, paint
- 2,494bewegtmoved, moves
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,490
- The most common German nouns#1,038
- German A2 vocabulary#564
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#129
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.