German number · CEFR A1
null
Meaning in English: zero
Example
Heute Nacht sinkt die Temperatur auf null Grad.
Tonight the temperature will fall to zero degrees.
How common is null?
null is number 4,269 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,265die Wandwall
- 4,266aufzubauento build up, to set up (zu-inf.)
- 4,267unglaublichunbelievable, incredible
- 4,268erlittsuffered
- 4,269nullzero
- 4,270der Saalhall, room
- 4,271das Schicksalfate, destiny
- 4,272erwähntmentioned
- 4,273die Wertschätzungappreciation, esteem
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.