German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Rasen
Meaning in English: lawn, grass
Example
Am Samstag muss ich den Rasen mähen.
I have to mow the lawn on Saturday.
Der, die or das?
Rasen is masculine: der Rasen. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Rasen?
Rasen is number 4,857 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 61,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,853amerikanischeAmerican
- 4,854abschließento complete, to conclude; to lock
- 4,855der Nationalspielerinternational (player)
- 4,856das Förderprogrammfunding programme
- 4,857der Rasenlawn, grass
- 4,858täglichedaily
- 4,859die Jugendhilfeyouth welfare services
- 4,860ältestenoldest, eldest
- 4,861verläuftruns, goes (a process, a road)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,857
- The most common German nouns#2,133
- German A2 vocabulary#957
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#525
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