German noun, feminine · CEFR B1
die Messe
Meaning in English: trade fair; mass (church)
Example
Nächste Woche fahre ich zur Messe nach Köln.
Next week I'm going to the trade fair in Cologne.
Der, die or das?
Messe is feminine: die Messe. 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.
How common is Messe?
Messe is number 2,659 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 34 times per million words — about once every 30,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,655die Genehmigungpermission, permit
- 2,656der Bordboard (an Bord = on board)
- 2,657die Mieterent
- 2,658die Sprecherinspokeswoman, speaker (female)
- 2,659die Messetrade fair; mass (church)
- 2,660anerkanntrecognised, accepted
- 2,661zerstörtdestroyed
- 2,662schwererheavier, harder
- 2,663galtwas considered; applied (past)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,659
- The most common German nouns#1,116
- German B1 vocabulary#859
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#366
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.