German noun, feminine · CEFR A2

die Kultur

Meaning in English: culture

Rank 840 of 5,000noun · dieLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Ich interessiere mich sehr für die japanische Kultur.

I'm very interested in Japanese culture.

Der, die or das?

Kultur is feminine: die Kultur. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ur are die in 12 of 14 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Kultur in the top 5,000

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

Kulturen#4,433
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In unserer Klasse treffen viele Kulturen aufeinander.
Many cultures come together in our class.

How common is Kultur?

Kultur is number 840 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 106 times per million words — about once every 9,400 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 836gemeinsamenshared, joint, common
  2. 837jederzeitat any time
  3. 838stärkenstrengthen
  4. 839besonderenspecial, particular
  5. 840die Kulturculture
  6. 841musstenhad to
  7. 842endlichfinally, at last
  8. 843der Bundfederal government; union; bunch
  9. 844internationaleinternational

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