German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Koch
Meaning in English: cook, chef
Example
Mein Bruder arbeitet als Koch in einem Hotel.
My brother works as a chef in a hotel.
Der, die or das?
Koch is masculine: der Koch. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Koch?
Koch is number 4,811 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 60,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,807ältesteoldest, eldest
- 4,808motivierento motivate
- 4,809fehltewas missing, lacked (past)
- 4,810die Fortsetzungcontinuation, sequel
- 4,811der Kochcook, chef
- 4,812infragein question (infrage kommen/stellen)
- 4,813GriechenlandGreece
- 4,814das Ereignisevent, occurrence
- 4,815die Bewältigungcoping with, overcoming
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,811
- The most common German nouns#2,111
- German A2 vocabulary#952
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#522
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.