German noun, masculine · CEFR A2

der Punkt

Meaning in English: point, dot, full stop

Rank 1,130 of 5,000noun · derLevel A23 forms in the list
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Example

Wir treffen uns Punkt acht vor dem Kino.

We'll meet at eight sharp outside the cinema.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Punkt in the top 5,000

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

Punkte#778
pointsA2

Für jede richtige Antwort gibt es zwei Punkte.
You get two points for every correct answer.

Punkten#1,317
points (dative plural)A2

Unsere Mannschaft liegt mit drei Punkten vorn.
Our team is three points ahead.

How common is Punkt?

Punkt is number 1,130 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 80 times per million words — about once every 13,000 words. Its most frequent form is Punkte (#778).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% 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 Punkt:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,126die Integrationintegration
  2. 1,127die Bahnrailway, train, track
  3. 1,128die Mengeamount, lot, crowd
  4. 1,129meinenmy (acc. masc., dat. pl.)
  5. 1,130der Punktpoint, dot, full stop
  6. 1,131wartento wait
  7. 1,132das Torgoal, gate
  8. 1,133wobeiwhereby, although, while
  9. 1,134weiteresfurther, more, another

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