German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der Liter
Meaning in English: litre
Example
Ich trinke jeden Tag zwei Liter Wasser.
I drink two litres of water every day.
Der, die or das?
Liter is masculine: der Liter. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Liter?
Liter is number 3,157 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 27 times per million words — about once every 37,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,153Projektesof the project (genitive)
- 3,154der Wählervoter(s)
- 3,155die Präsenzpresence
- 3,156gemeinsamescommon, shared, joint
- 3,157der Literlitre
- 3,158Innovationeninnovations
- 3,159die Finanzenfinances
- 3,160frohglad, happy
- 3,161versuche(I) try
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,157
- The most common German nouns#1,324
- German A1 vocabulary#656
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#344
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.