German noun, neuter · CEFR A1
das Meer
Meaning in English: sea, ocean
Example
Das Hotel hat einen tollen Blick aufs Meer.
The hotel has a great sea view.
Der, die or das?
Meer is neuter: das Meer. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -er are usually der (126 of 160 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Meer?
Meer is number 2,311 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 39 times per million words — about once every 26,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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
- 2,307erarbeitetworked out, developed
- 2,308kostenfreifree of charge
- 2,309ersetztreplaced
- 2,310zukünftigfuture; in future
- 2,311das Meersea, ocean
- 2,312versorgtsupplied, provided; looked after
- 2,313die Showshow
- 2,314der Clubclub
- 2,315Ticketstickets
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,311
- The most common German nouns#954
- German A1 vocabulary#567
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#121
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.