German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Keller
Meaning in English: cellar, basement
Example
Die Fahrräder stehen unten im Keller.
The bikes are down in the basement.
Der, die or das?
Keller is masculine: der Keller. 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 Keller?
Keller is number 2,877 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 31 times per million words — about once every 33,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,873die Lieferungdelivery
- 2,874der Helferhelper, volunteer
- 2,875der Coachcoach
- 2,876eingereichtsubmitted, handed in
- 2,877der Kellercellar, basement
- 2,878heimischenlocal, native, domestic
- 2,879die Notneed, hardship, distress
- 2,880externeexternal
- 2,881ehrenamtlichevoluntary, volunteer
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,877
- The most common German nouns#1,218
- German A2 vocabulary#630
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#318
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.