German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Lauf

Meaning in English: run, race; course (of)

Rank 3,555 of 5,000noun · derLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Im Lauf des Tages wird es wärmer.

It will get warmer over the course of the day.

Der, die or das?

Lauf is masculine: der Lauf. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Lauf in the top 5,000

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

Laufe#1,564
course (im Laufe: in the course of)B2

Im Laufe des Tages wird es sonniger.
It will get sunnier during the day.

How common is Lauf?

Lauf is number 3,555 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 42,000 words. Its most frequent form is Laufe (#1,564).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Related words in the list

Words built on Lauf:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,551Variantenvariants, versions
  2. 3,552bezogenmoved into; related (to); covered
  3. 3,553die Begeisterungenthusiasm, excitement
  4. 3,554Verbändeassociations; bandages
  5. 3,555der Laufrun, race; course (of)
  6. 3,556der Umzugmove (house); parade
  7. 3,557erkennbarrecognisable, visible, apparent
  8. 3,558die Wahrheittruth
  9. 3,559interneninternal

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