German noun, masculine · CEFR B2

der Rückgang

Meaning in English: decline, drop

Rank 2,774 of 5,000noun · derLevel B2

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Example

Es gab einen starken Rückgang bei den Besuchern.
There was a sharp drop in visitors.

Der, die or das?

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

How common is Rückgang?

Rückgang is number 2,774 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 32 times per million words — about once every 31,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

2,770die Konferenzconference
2,771normalerweisenormally, usually
2,772diversevarious
2,773ausgesetztexposed; suspended; abandoned
2,774der Rückgangdecline, drop
2,775begrenztlimited
2,776minusminus
2,777enormenormous, enormously
2,778die Fortbildungfurther training, course

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The 5,000 most common German words#2,774
The most common German nouns#1,162
German B2 vocabulary#534
The most common German masculine nouns (der)#305

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