German noun, neuter · CEFR A1
das Obst
Meaning in English: fruit
Example
Ich esse jeden Tag frisches Obst.
I eat fresh fruit every day.
Der, die or das?
Obst is neuter: das Obst. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Obst?
Obst is number 4,371 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 54,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,367Auszubildendentrainees, apprentices
- 4,368die Figurfigure, character, physique
- 4,369heutigetoday's, present-day
- 4,370Zielgruppentarget groups
- 4,371das Obstfruit
- 4,372einbezogenincluded, involved
- 4,373wideragainst, contrary to
- 4,374Sitzungensessions, meetings
- 4,375schwimmento swim
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- The most common German nouns#1,897
- German A1 vocabulary#741
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#227
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.