die Reaktion
Meaning in English: reaction
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Seine Reaktion hat mich überrascht.
His reaction surprised me.
Der, die or das?
Reaktion is feminine: die Reaktion. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ion are die in 46 of 47 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Reaktion in the top 5,000
These forms of Reaktion are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Die Reaktionen auf das Video waren sehr positiv.
The reactions to the video were very positive.
How common is Reaktion?
Reaktion is number 2,507 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,503solangeas long as, while
- 2,504empfohlenrecommended
- 2,505wichtigesimportant
- 2,506Einstellungensettings; attitudes
- 2,507die Reaktionreaction
- 2,508gewährleistetguaranteed, ensured
- 2,509freiwilligevoluntary, volunteer
- 2,510offiziellenofficial
- 2,511momentanat the moment, currently
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,507
- The most common German nouns#1,043
- German B1 vocabulary#809
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#343
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.