German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der Januar
Meaning in English: January
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Im Januar mache ich immer Diät.
I always go on a diet in January.
Der, die or das?
Januar is masculine: der Januar. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Januar?
Januar is number 441 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 199 times per million words — about once every 5,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 57% 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
- 437der JuliJuly
- 438die Bildungeducation; formation
- 439die Höheheight; level, amount
- 440verschiedenevarious, different
- 441der JanuarJanuary
- 442bringento bring, to take
- 443zuvorbefore, previously
- 444liegento lie; to be located
- 445der MittwochWednesday
In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#441
- The 1,000 most common German words#441
- The 5,000 most common German words#441
- The most common German nouns#94
- German A1 vocabulary#241
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#27
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.