German noun, masculine · CEFR B2

der Klassiker

Meaning in English: classic

Rank 4,657 of 5,000noun · derLevel B2
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Example

Dieser Film ist ein echter Klassiker.

This film is a real classic.

Der, die or das?

Klassiker is masculine: der Klassiker. 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 Klassiker?

Klassiker is number 4,657 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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

  1. 4,653Lehrernteachers
  2. 4,654massivemassive, huge, severe
  3. 4,655die Anlaufstellepoint of contact, drop-in centre
  4. 4,656zugreifento access; to help oneself
  5. 4,657der Klassikerclassic
  6. 4,658der Balkonbalcony
  7. 4,659das Phänomenphenomenon
  8. 4,660die Kontaktaufnahmegetting in touch, making contact
  9. 4,661unterhaltento talk, to chat; to entertain

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