German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Mann

Meaning in English: man; husband

Rank 301 of 5,000noun · derLevel A14 forms in the list
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Example

Mein Mann kocht besser als ich.

My husband cooks better than I do.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Mann in the top 5,000

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

Männer#649
menA1

Die Männer sitzen draußen und reden.
The men are sitting outside talking.

Männern#2,219
men (dative plural)A1

Sie wohnt mit zwei Männern in einer WG.
She shares a flat with two men.

Mannes#4,023
man, husband (genitive)B1

Das ist das Fahrrad meines Mannes.
That's my husband's bike.

How common is Mann?

Mann is number 301 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 286 times per million words — about once every 3,500 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 54% 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

  1. 297wissento know (facts)
  2. 298Schulenschools
  3. 299das Teamteam
  4. 300aufgrunddue to, because of
  5. 301der Mannman; husband
  6. 302mehrereseveral
  7. 303die Fragequestion
  8. 304wenigerless, fewer
  9. 305jayes; (emphasis) after all

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