German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Körper
Meaning in English: body
Example
Nach dem Sport tut mir der ganze Körper weh.
After sport my whole body aches.
Der, die or das?
Körper is masculine: der Körper. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Körper?
Körper is number 1,076 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 84 times per million words — about once every 12,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Related words in the list
Words built on Körper:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,072Rechterights
- 1,073die Verwendunguse, usage
- 1,074Fotosphotos
- 1,075der Zeitraumperiod (of time)
- 1,076der Körperbody
- 1,077das Konzeptconcept, plan
- 1,078kostenlosfree (of charge)
- 1,079das Publikumaudience, public
- 1,080ändernto change
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,076
- The most common German nouns#376
- German A2 vocabulary#258
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#102
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