German noun, masculine · CEFR C1
der Missbrauch
Meaning in English: abuse, misuse
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Der Missbrauch von Medikamenten ist gefährlich.
Misuse of medication is dangerous.
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Missbrauch is masculine: der Missbrauch. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Missbrauch?
Missbrauch is number 4,389 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 54,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,385relevanterelevant
- 4,386Einsätzecall-outs, missions, stakes
- 4,387der Hafenport, harbour
- 4,388die Stadtwerkemunicipal utilities
- 4,389der Missbrauchabuse, misuse
- 4,390negativenegative
- 4,391die Unterbringungaccommodation, housing
- 4,392Grundereason; basically (im Grunde)
- 4,393die Antragstellungapplication (submitting a form)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,389
- The most common German nouns#1,907
- German C1 vocabulary#282
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#482
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