German noun, feminine · CEFR B2
die Pflege
Meaning in English: care, nursing
Example
Die Pflege ihrer Mutter kostet sie viel Kraft.
Caring for her mother takes a lot out of her.
Der, die or das?
Pflege is feminine: die Pflege. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Pflege?
Pflege is number 952 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 93 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 948bestimmtecertain, particular
- 949die Erfahrungexperience
- 950die Verwaltungadministration
- 951genugenough
- 952die Pflegecare, nursing
- 953die Versorgungsupply, provision, care
- 954technischentechnical
- 955verstehenunderstand
- 956die Behandlungtreatment
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#952
- The 5,000 most common German words#952
- The most common German nouns#327
- German B2 vocabulary#109
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#114
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