German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
der Kern
Meaning in English: core, pip, kernel
Example
Im Kern geht es um mehr Geld.
At its core, it's about more money.
Der, die or das?
Kern is masculine: der Kern. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Kern?
Kern is number 3,205 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 27 times per million words — about once every 37,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,201aufeinanderon/to each other
- 3,202Maschinenmachines
- 3,203der Sender(TV/radio) station, channel
- 3,204die Aktieshare, stock
- 3,205der Kerncore, pip, kernel
- 3,206musstmust, have to (you, informal)
- 3,207das Blutblood
- 3,208der Berateradviser, consultant
- 3,209die Sicherungfuse; backup; securing
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,205
- The most common German nouns#1,352
- German B2 vocabulary#661
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#350
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.