der Rand
Meaning in English: edge, rim
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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:
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
- 4,629die Bürgermeisterinmayor (female)
- 4,630der Vorgängerpredecessor
- 4,631schienseemed; shone
- 4,632widerrufento revoke, to withdraw, to cancel
- 4,633der Randedge, rim
- 4,634jetzigencurrent, present
- 4,635erbrachtprovided, rendered, supplied
- 4,636Dingenthings
- 4,637wildwild
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,633
- The most common German nouns#2,025
- German B1 vocabulary#1,510
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#508
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.