German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
der Rang
Meaning in English: rank, place
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Unser Team landete auf dem dritten Rang.
Our team came in third place.
Der, die or das?
Rang is masculine: der Rang. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Rang?
Rang is number 2,461 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 37 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,457angewiesendependent (on), reliant
- 2,458der Erhaltreceipt; preservation
- 2,459Energienenergies
- 2,460die Juryjury, panel of judges
- 2,461der Rangrank, place
- 2,462gesellschaftlichesocial, societal
- 2,463rechtlichenlegal
- 2,464Zinseninterest (on money)
- 2,465die Niederlagedefeat
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,461
- The most common German nouns#1,024
- German B2 vocabulary#442
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#268
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.