German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
der Konsum
Meaning in English: consumption
Example
Unser Konsum von Zucker ist viel zu hoch.
Our sugar consumption is far too high.
Der, die or das?
Konsum is masculine: der Konsum. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -um are usually das (17 of 24 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Konsum?
Konsum is number 4,502 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 56,000 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
- 4,498angegebenenstated, specified
- 4,499wähltchooses; votes; dials
- 4,500der Zollcustoms, duty; inch
- 4,501die Umstellungchangeover, switch, adjustment
- 4,502der Konsumconsumption
- 4,503stärktstrengthens
- 4,504Phasenphases, stages
- 4,505ausgewertetevaluated, analysed
- 4,506die Künstlerinartist (female)
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