German noun, feminine · CEFR B2
die Not
Meaning in English: need, hardship, distress
Example
In der Not hilft man sich gegenseitig.
In hard times people help each other.
Der, die or das?
Not is feminine: die Not. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Not?
Not is number 2,879 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 31 times per million words — about once every 33,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 2,875der Coachcoach
- 2,876eingereichtsubmitted, handed in
- 2,877der Kellercellar, basement
- 2,878heimischenlocal, native, domestic
- 2,879die Notneed, hardship, distress
- 2,880externeexternal
- 2,881ehrenamtlichevoluntary, volunteer
- 2,882der Briefletter
- 2,883kulturellecultural
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,879
- The most common German nouns#1,219
- German B2 vocabulary#570
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#407
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