die Notwendigkeit
Meaning in English: necessity, need
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Ich sehe keine Notwendigkeit, das zu ändern.
I see no need to change that.
Der, die or das?
Notwendigkeit is feminine: die Notwendigkeit. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -keit are die in 15 of 15 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Notwendigkeit?
Notwendigkeit is number 3,541 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 42,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,537Hallohello, hi
- 3,538untergebrachtaccommodated, housed; stored
- 3,539die Tatsachefact
- 3,540die Amtszeitterm of office
- 3,541die Notwendigkeitnecessity, need
- 3,542betragento amount to, to be
- 3,543die Expertiseexpertise; expert opinion
- 3,544das Kinocinema, movies
- 3,545die Tabelletable, chart; league table
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,541
- The most common German nouns#1,510
- German C1 vocabulary#190
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#494
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.