German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der Mittag
Meaning in English: noon, midday, lunch
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Time words in German list.
Example
Wir essen heute Mittag bei Oma.
We're having lunch at Grandma's today.
Der, die or das?
Mittag is masculine: der Mittag. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Mittag?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Mittag appears 15 times per million words — about once every 67,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Related words in the list
Words built on Mittag:
Time words: more words
- die Zeittime
- die Uhrclock, watch; o'clock
- die Stundehour, lesson
- die Minuteminute
- die Sekundesecond
- der Vormittagmorning (before noon)
- der Nachmittagafternoon
- der Abendevening
- die Nachtnight
- die Mitternachtmidnight
- heutetoday
- morgentomorrow
- gesternyesterday
- übermorgenthe day after tomorrow
- vorgesternthe day before yesterday
- jetztnow
In these word lists
- Time words in German30 words
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