German noun, neuter · CEFR C1
das Phänomen
Meaning in English: phenomenon
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Dieses Phänomen kennt jeder, der Kinder hat.
Anyone who has children knows this phenomenon.
Der, die or das?
Phänomen is neuter: das Phänomen. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Phänomen?
Phänomen is number 4,659 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,655die Anlaufstellepoint of contact, drop-in centre
- 4,656zugreifento access; to help oneself
- 4,657der Klassikerclassic
- 4,658der Balkonbalcony
- 4,659das Phänomenphenomenon
- 4,660die Kontaktaufnahmegetting in touch, making contact
- 4,661unterhaltento talk, to chat; to entertain
- 4,662Fahrgästepassengers
- 4,663beliebtestenmost popular
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,659
- The most common German nouns#2,038
- German C1 vocabulary#327
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#245
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