German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Hund

Meaning in English: dog

Rank 2,175 of 5,000noun · derLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Unser Hund bellt bei jedem Besuch.

Our dog barks whenever someone visits.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Hund in the top 5,000

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

Hunde#3,376
dogsA1

Unsere Nachbarn haben zwei große Hunde.
Our neighbours have two big dogs.

How common is Hund?

Hund is number 2,175 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 42 times per million words — about once every 24,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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. 2,171nennento name, to call
  2. 2,172Kriteriencriteria
  3. 2,173erzählento tell, to narrate
  4. 2,174engagierento get involved; to hire
  5. 2,175der Hunddog
  6. 2,176das Wachstumgrowth
  7. 2,177perfektperfect
  8. 2,178Freundenfriends (dative plural)
  9. 2,179aufgestelltset up, put up; drawn up

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