German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Identität

Meaning in English: identity

Rank 2,791 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B2

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Example

Bitte bestätigen Sie Ihre Identität mit dem Ausweis.

Please confirm your identity with your ID card.

Der, die or das?

Identität is feminine: die Identität. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -tät are die in 12 of 12 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Identität?

Identität is number 2,791 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 32 times per million words — about once every 31,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,787lokalelocal
  2. 2,788Vorsitzenderchairman, chair
  3. 2,789der BundesratFederal Council (upper house)
  4. 2,790die Kenntnisknowledge, awareness
  5. 2,791die Identitätidentity
  6. 2,792das Bundesministeriumfederal ministry
  7. 2,793umzusetzento implement, put into practice
  8. 2,794absolutabsolutely
  9. 2,795sicherensafe, secure

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