German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Rand

Meaning in English: edge, rim

Rank 4,633 of 5,000noun · derLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Stell die Tasse nicht so nah an den Rand.

Don't put the cup so close to the edge.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Rand in the top 5,000

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

Rande#4,321
edge (am Rande: on the edge)B2

Das Dorf liegt am Rande des Waldes.
The village lies on the edge of the forest.

How common is Rand?

Rand is number 4,633 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words. Its most frequent form is Rande (#4,321).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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. 4,629die Bürgermeisterinmayor (female)
  2. 4,630der Vorgängerpredecessor
  3. 4,631schienseemed; shone
  4. 4,632widerrufento revoke, to withdraw, to cancel
  5. 4,633der Randedge, rim
  6. 4,634jetzigencurrent, present
  7. 4,635erbrachtprovided, rendered, supplied
  8. 4,636Dingenthings
  9. 4,637wildwild

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