die Prüfung
Meaning in English: exam, test; inspection
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Test my vocabularyExample
Morgen habe ich eine wichtige Prüfung.
I have an important exam tomorrow.
Der, die or das?
Prüfung is feminine: die Prüfung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Prüfung in the top 5,000
These forms of Prüfung are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Nach den Prüfungen machen wir eine große Party.
After the exams we're having a big party.
How common is Prüfung?
Prüfung is number 924 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 96 times per million words — about once every 10,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Related words in the list
Words built on Prüfung:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 920benötigenneed, require
- 921sogenanntenso-called
- 922der Menschhuman being, person
- 923beteiligteninvolved
- 924die Prüfungexam, test; inspection
- 925hießwas called
- 926ziehenpull; move (house)
- 927stellteput, placed; asked (a question)
- 928verbessernimprove
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#924
- The 5,000 most common German words#924
- The most common German nouns#315
- German A2 vocabulary#227
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#109
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.