German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Professor

Meaning in English: professor

Rank 2,200 of 5,000noun · derLevel B1

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Example

Unser Professor erklärt alles sehr anschaulich.

Our professor explains everything very clearly.

Der, die or das?

Professor is masculine: der Professor. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -or are der in 8 of 9 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Professor?

Professor is number 2,200 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 41 times per million words — about once every 24,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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. 2,196bewertetrated, assessed, evaluated
  2. 2,197Systemesystems
  3. 2,198leidento suffer; to stand (someone)
  4. 2,199mobilemobile (inflected)
  5. 2,200der Professorprofessor
  6. 2,201destothe (in 'je … desto')
  7. 2,202Häuserhouses
  8. 2,203Prüfungenexams, tests; inspections
  9. 2,204der Anstiegrise, increase; climb

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