German noun, feminine · CEFR C1

die Opposition

Meaning in English: opposition

Rank 3,590 of 5,000noun · dieLevel C1

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Example

Die Opposition kritisiert den Plan scharf.

The opposition sharply criticises the plan.

Der, die or das?

Opposition is feminine: die Opposition. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ion are die in 46 of 47 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Opposition?

Opposition is number 3,590 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 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

  1. 3,586der Einzugmoving in; entry
  2. 3,587Reaktionenreactions, responses
  3. 3,588untereinanderamong each other, among themselves
  4. 3,589privatprivate(ly)
  5. 3,590die Oppositionopposition
  6. 3,591Mengenquantities, amounts
  7. 3,592studiertstudies; studied
  8. 3,593verlegtmoved, relocated; laid; mislaid
  9. 3,594äußernto express, to voice

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