German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Pfarrer
Meaning in English: priest, pastor
Example
Der Pfarrer hat die beiden im Mai getraut.
The pastor married the two of them in May.
Der, die or das?
Pfarrer is masculine: der Pfarrer. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Pfarrer?
Pfarrer is number 3,042 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 29 times per million words — about once every 35,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 3,038berechtigtentitled, justified
- 3,039schlagento hit, to beat
- 3,040Vorstellungenideas, expectations; shows
- 3,041geklärtclarified, settled
- 3,042der Pfarrerpriest, pastor
- 3,043die Präsentationpresentation
- 3,044die Ampeltraffic light(s); coalition
- 3,045der Schneesnow
- 3,046nochmalsagain, once more
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,042
- The most common German nouns#1,280
- German B1 vocabulary#981
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#333
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.