German noun, neuter · CEFR A1

das Papier

Meaning in English: paper

Rank 2,323 of 5,000noun · dasLevel A1

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Example

Hast du ein Blatt Papier für mich?
Do you have a sheet of paper for me?

Der, die or das?

Papier is neuter: das Papier. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -er are usually der (126 of 160 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Papier?

Papier is number 2,323 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 39 times per million words — about once every 26,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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

2,319getestettested
2,320hergestelltproduced, manufactured
2,321verlangento demand, to ask for
2,322digitalerdigital (inflected)
2,323das Papierpaper
2,324der Einwohnerinhabitant(s), resident(s)
2,325die Armeearmy
2,326gesorgtensured, caused; taken care
2,327interessanteinteresting (inflected)

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