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German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Nachmittag

Meaning in English: afternoon

Rank 1,941 of 5,000noun · derLevel A1
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Example

Am Nachmittag gehen wir schwimmen.

In the afternoon we're going swimming.

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Nachmittag is masculine: der Nachmittag. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Nachmittag?

Nachmittag is number 1,941 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 47 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,937die Gemeinschaftcommunity
  2. 1,938Untersuchungenexaminations, investigations
  3. 1,939zugänglichaccessible
  4. 1,940auftretento occur; to perform
  5. 1,941der Nachmittagafternoon
  6. 1,942die Ruhequiet, peace, rest
  7. 1,943gewannwon
  8. 1,944wissenschaftlichescientific, academic
  9. 1,945der Forscherresearcher(s), scientist(s)

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