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German noun, masculine · CEFR B2

der Nachweis

Meaning in English: proof, evidence, certificate

Rank 2,078 of 5,000noun · derLevel B2
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Example

Für die Ermäßigung brauchen Sie einen Nachweis.

You need proof for the discount.

Der, die or das?

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

How common is Nachweis?

Nachweis is number 2,078 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 44 times per million words — about once every 23,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,074gelangsucceeded, managed (past)
  2. 2,075der Wandelchange, transformation
  3. 2,076die Krankheitillness, disease
  4. 2,077der Unterschieddifference
  5. 2,078der Nachweisproof, evidence, certificate
  6. 2,079viertenfourth (inflected)
  7. 2,080Beziehungenrelationships, relations
  8. 2,081der Freundfriend, boyfriend
  9. 2,082verlängertextended, renewed

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