German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Praxis

Meaning in English: practice; doctor's surgery

Rank 722 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Die Praxis ist mittwochs nachmittags geschlossen.

The surgery is closed on Wednesday afternoons.

Der, die or das?

Praxis is feminine: die Praxis. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Praxis in the top 5,000

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

Praxen#4,677
practices, surgeriesB2

Viele Praxen haben im August geschlossen.
Many doctors' surgeries are closed in August.

How common is Praxis?

Praxis is number 722 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 126 times per million words — about once every 7,900 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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

  1. 718bereitready, prepared, willing
  2. 719der Umganghandling, dealing (with)
  3. 720die Stiftungfoundation (charity)
  4. 721kennenknow (be familiar with)
  5. 722die Praxispractice; doctor's surgery
  6. 723der Bürgercitizen(s)
  7. 724demnachaccordingly, so, according to that
  8. 725läuftruns, walks; is on (TV)
  9. 726überhauptat all, anyway

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