German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Kontrolle

Meaning in English: control, check

Rank 1,272 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Im Zug gab es heute eine Kontrolle.

There was a ticket check on the train today.

Der, die or das?

Kontrolle is feminine: die Kontrolle. 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 Kontrolle in the top 5,000

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

Kontrollen#4,424
checks, inspectionsB1

An der Grenze gibt es wieder Kontrollen.
There are checks at the border again.

How common is Kontrolle?

Kontrolle is number 1,272 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 72 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,268steigtrises, climbs, gets on
  2. 1,269fördertpromotes, supports, funds
  3. 1,270schönbeautiful, nice
  4. 1,271sprachspoke
  5. 1,272die Kontrollecontrol, check
  6. 1,273ähnlichsimilar
  7. 1,274personenbezogenenpersonal (data)
  8. 1,275gesperrtclosed, blocked
  9. 1,276die Produktionproduction

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