German noun, neuter · CEFR B1
das Muster
Meaning in English: pattern, sample
Example
Das Kleid hat ein schönes Muster.
The dress has a lovely pattern.
Der, die or das?
Muster is neuter: das Muster. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -er are usually der (126 of 160 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Muster?
Muster is number 4,426 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,422sichertsecures, safeguards
- 4,423lachento laugh
- 4,424Kontrollenchecks, inspections
- 4,425ausgehento go out; to run out; to assume
- 4,426das Musterpattern, sample
- 4,427die Benutzunguse, usage
- 4,428die Abgabesubmission, handing in; levy
- 4,429dorthin(to) there
- 4,430festerfirm, fixed, permanent
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,426
- The most common German nouns#1,926
- German B1 vocabulary#1,445
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#231
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