die Konkurrenz
Meaning in English: competition, competitors
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Die Konkurrenz ist in dieser Branche groß.
Competition is fierce in this industry.
Der, die or das?
Konkurrenz is feminine: die Konkurrenz. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -enz are die in 8 of 8 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Konkurrenz?
Konkurrenz is number 2,549 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 35 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,545der Pkwcar (passenger vehicle)
- 2,546sichergestelltensured; seized
- 2,547gabengave (past, plural)
- 2,548RusslandsRussia's (genitive)
- 2,549die Konkurrenzcompetition, competitors
- 2,550zeigtenshowed (past, plural)
- 2,551verfolgenfollow, pursue, track
- 2,552der Einstiegentry, start; boarding
- 2,553der Bundeskanzlerfederal chancellor
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,549
- The most common German nouns#1,063
- German B2 vocabulary#463
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#349
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.