German noun, feminine · CEFR A2
die Miete
Meaning in English: rent
Example
Die Miete ist jeden Monat am Ersten fällig.
The rent is due on the first of every month.
Der, die or das?
Miete is feminine: die Miete. 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 Miete?
Miete is number 2,657 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. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,653fortaway, gone; onward
- 2,654bestätigenconfirm
- 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
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,657
- The most common German nouns#1,114
- German A2 vocabulary#594
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#364
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.