German noun, feminine · CEFR C1

die Kommune

Meaning in English: municipality, local authority

Rank 3,343 of 5,000noun · dieLevel C12 forms in the list
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Example

Jede Kommune regelt die Müllabfuhr selbst.

Each municipality organises its own rubbish collection.

Der, die or das?

Kommune is feminine: die Kommune. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Kommune in the top 5,000

These forms of Kommune are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Kommunen#756
municipalities, local authoritiesC1

Viele Kommunen haben kein Geld für neue Schwimmbäder.
Many local authorities have no money for new pools.

How common is Kommune?

Kommune is number 3,343 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 39,000 words. Its most frequent form is Kommunen (#756).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.

Next to it in the frequency list

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  5. 3,343die Kommunemunicipality, local authority
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