German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Preis

Meaning in English: price; prize

Rank 697 of 5,000noun · derLevel A13 forms in the list
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Example

Der Preis ist mir zu hoch.

The price is too high for me.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Preis in the top 5,000

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

Preise#933
prices; prizesA2

Die Preise im Supermarkt sind wieder gestiegen.
Supermarket prices have gone up again.

Preisen#3,420
prices (dative pl.)A2

Bei diesen Preisen kaufe ich lieber online.
At these prices I'd rather buy online.

How common is Preis?

Preis is number 697 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 130 times per million words — about once every 7,700 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 693zumindestat least
  2. 694kannstcan (du form)
  3. 695gefundenfound
  4. 696betroffenenaffected
  5. 697der Preisprice; prize
  6. 698der Abschlussdegree, qualification; end
  7. 699beachtennote, observe, pay attention to
  8. 700dagegenagainst it; on the other hand
  9. 701künftigin future; future

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