German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Platz

Meaning in English: place, seat; space; square

Rank 291 of 5,000noun · derLevel A13 forms in the list
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Example

Ist dieser Platz noch frei?

Is this seat free?

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Platz is masculine: der Platz. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Platz in the top 5,000

These forms of Platz are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Plätze#2,024
places, seats, squaresA2

Im Kino waren kaum noch Plätze frei.
There were hardly any seats left in the cinema.

Plätzen#4,649
places, seats; squaresA2

Bitte bleiben Sie auf Ihren Plätzen.
Please stay in your seats.

How common is Platz?

Platz is number 291 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 296 times per million words — about once every 3,400 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 54% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Related words in the list

Words built on Platz:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 287zurückback
  2. 288bietento offer
  3. 289die Elternparents
  4. 290direktdirect; directly, right
  5. 291der Platzplace, seat; space; square
  6. 292natürlichof course; natural
  7. 293die Wocheweek
  8. 294proper; for, pro
  9. 295weiterenfurther, additional

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