German noun, neuter · CEFR A1

das Land

Meaning in English: country; land; countryside

Rank 233 of 5,000noun · dasLevel A14 forms in the list

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Example

Wir wohnen lieber auf dem Land.

We prefer living in the countryside.

Der, die or das?

Land is neuter: das Land. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Land in the top 5,000

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

Länder#621
countriesA2

Welche Länder hast du schon besucht?
Which countries have you visited?

Ländern#670
countries (dative plural)A2

In den meisten Ländern fährt man rechts.
In most countries people drive on the right.

Landes#672
of the country (genitive)B1

Im Norden des Landes ist es kühler.
It's cooler in the north of the country.

How common is Land?

Land is number 233 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 368 times per million words — about once every 2,700 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 52% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Related words in the list

Words built on Land:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 229vergangenenpast, last
  2. 230seienare, be (reported speech)
  3. 231das Zielgoal, aim; destination
  4. 232letztenlast
  5. 233das Landcountry; land; countryside
  6. 234gabgave; there was/were
  7. 235arbeitento work
  8. 236einigesome, a few
  9. 237daraufon it; for it; afterwards

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