German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Kaiser
Meaning in English: emperor
Example
Der Kaiser lebte in einem prächtigen Schloss.
The emperor lived in a magnificent palace.
Der, die or das?
Kaiser is masculine: der Kaiser. 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 Kaiser?
Kaiser is number 4,470 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,466jenerthat, that one (formal)
- 4,467vornehmento carry out; to plan (sich)
- 4,468gesundenhealthy
- 4,469gewachsengrown; up to (a task)
- 4,470der Kaiseremperor
- 4,471die Mitgliederversammlunggeneral meeting (of members)
- 4,472Anbieternproviders, suppliers
- 4,473die Unterkunftaccommodation, lodging
- 4,474der Gesetzentwurfbill, draft law
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,470
- The most common German nouns#1,944
- German B1 vocabulary#1,460
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#488
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