das Material
Meaning in English: material
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Aus welchem Material ist die Tasche?
What material is the bag made of?
Der, die or das?
Material is neuter: das Material. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -al are das in 9 of 11 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Material in the top 5,000
These forms of Material are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Alle Materialien für den Kurs bekommen Sie von uns.
You'll get all the course materials from us.
How common is Material?
Material is number 1,680 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 55 times per million words — about once every 18,000 words. Its most frequent form is Materialien (#1,178).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% 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
- 1,676die Klinikclinic, hospital
- 1,677die Zustimmungapproval, consent
- 1,678die Verbesserungimprovement
- 1,679Spendendonations
- 1,680das Materialmaterial
- 1,681Gedankenthoughts
- 1,682Meternmetres (dative)
- 1,683Workshopsworkshops
- 1,684Termineappointments, dates
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,680
- The most common German nouns#663
- German B1 vocabulary#528
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#87
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.