der Koffer
Meaning in English: suitcase
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Travel and transport in German list.
Example
Hast du den Koffer schon gepackt?
Have you packed the suitcase yet?
Der, die or das?
Koffer is masculine: der Koffer. 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 Koffer?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Koffer appears 7.6 times per million words — about once every 130,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Travel and transport: more words
- der Verkehrtraffic
- das Autocar
- der Busbus
- der Zugtrain
- die Bahnrailway, train, track
- die Straßenbahntram
- die U-Bahnunderground, subway
- das Fahrradbicycle
- das Flugzeugaeroplane, aircraft
- das Schiffship
- das Taxitaxi
- der Bahnhof(railway) station
- der Flughafenairport
- die Haltestelle(bus/tram) stop
- die Fahrkarteticket (for travel)
- das Ticketticket
In these word lists
- Travel and transport in German31 words
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.