German noun, feminine · CEFR A2
die Mode
Meaning in English: fashion
Example
Sie interessiert sich sehr für Mode.
She's very interested in fashion.
Der, die or das?
Mode is feminine: die Mode. 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 Mode?
Mode is number 4,975 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 63,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 79% 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
- 4,971anschließendensubsequent, following
- 4,972Gewerkschaftentrade unions
- 4,973Potenzialepotential (plural)
- 4,974erteilento give, to grant (permission etc.)
- 4,975die Modefashion
- 4,976das Kabinettcabinet (government)
- 4,977künstlerischeartistic
- 4,978freigegebenreleased, cleared, approved
- 4,979der Lebensraumhabitat, living space
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,975
- The most common German nouns#2,187
- German A2 vocabulary#968
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#706
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.