German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Master
Meaning in English: master's degree
Example
Nach dem Bachelor will sie noch einen Master machen.
After her bachelor's she wants to do a master's.
Der, die or das?
Master is masculine: der Master. 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 Master?
Master is number 3,536 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.
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.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,532setztenset, put; sat down (past, plural)
- 3,533das Magazinmagazine
- 3,534Ebenenlevels; plains
- 3,535identifizierento identify
- 3,536der Mastermaster's degree
- 3,537Hallohello, hi
- 3,538untergebrachtaccommodated, housed; stored
- 3,539die Tatsachefact
- 3,540die Amtszeitterm of office
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,536
- The most common German nouns#1,507
- German B1 vocabulary#1,135
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#386
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