die Maschine
Meaning in English: machine
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Die Maschine macht einen komischen Lärm.
The machine is making a strange noise.
Der, die or das?
Maschine is feminine: die Maschine. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Maschine in the top 5,000
These forms of Maschine are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
In der Halle laufen die Maschinen Tag und Nacht.
The machines in the hall run day and night.
How common is Maschine?
Maschine is number 4,117 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 50,000 words. Its most frequent form is Maschinen (#3,202).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,113vorgeworfenaccused (of), reproached
- 4,114weitergegebenpassed on
- 4,115Landkreisesdistrict (genitive)
- 4,116Gewinneprofits, winnings, prizes
- 4,117die Maschinemachine
- 4,118botoffered
- 4,119vereinzeltisolated, occasional(ly)
- 4,120der Inhaberowner, holder
- 4,121saniertrenovated, refurbished
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,117
- The most common German nouns#1,782
- German A2 vocabulary#851
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#569
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.