German noun, feminine · CEFR A1

die Information

Meaning in English: information

Rank 1,569 of 5,000noun · dieLevel A12 forms in the list

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Example

Danke für die Information!

Thanks for the information!

Der, die or das?

Information is feminine: die Information. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ion are die in 46 of 47 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Information in the top 5,000

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

Informationen#166
informationA2

Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf unserer Webseite.
You can find more information on our website.

How common is Information?

Information is number 1,569 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 58 times per million words — about once every 17,000 words. Its most frequent form is Informationen (#166).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% 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. 1,565ergänztsupplemented, added
  2. 1,566das Gefühlfeeling
  3. 1,567das Museummuseum
  4. 1,568gefallento please, to like; fallen
  5. 1,569die Informationinformation
  6. 1,570mithilfewith the help of, using
  7. 1,571Aktionencampaigns, events, special offers
  8. 1,572der Gartengarden
  9. 1,573geplantenplanned

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