German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Norden
Meaning in English: north
Example
Im Norden ist es oft windig.
It is often windy in the north.
Der, die or das?
Norden is masculine: der Norden. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Norden?
Norden is number 1,948 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. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,944wissenschaftlichescientific, academic
- 1,945der Forscherresearcher(s), scientist(s)
- 1,946gedachtthought, intended (past participle)
- 1,947angepasstadapted, adjusted
- 1,948der Nordennorth
- 1,949ursprünglichoriginally, original
- 1,950der Politikerpolitician(s)
- 1,951die Phasephase, stage
- 1,952deiner(of) your (informal; gen./dat.)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,948
- The most common German nouns#773
- German A2 vocabulary#458
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#205
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.