die Option
Meaning in English: option
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Eine andere Option haben wir leider nicht.
Unfortunately we don't have another option.
Der, die or das?
Option is feminine: die Option. 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.
Forms of Option in the top 5,000
These forms of Option are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Wir haben zwei Optionen: warten oder laufen.
We have two options: wait or walk.
How common is Option?
Option is number 2,425 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 37 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,421teuerexpensive
- 2,422dahinthere (to that place), until then
- 2,423speziellenspecial, specific
- 2,424betrachtetlooked at, considered
- 2,425die Optionoption
- 2,426die Akademieacademy
- 2,427gewährtgranted
- 2,428liefran, went (past)
- 2,429harthard, tough
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,425
- The most common German nouns#1,008
- German B1 vocabulary#784
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#328
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.