German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Realität

Meaning in English: reality

Rank 2,801 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B2

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Example

In der Realität sieht das ganz anders aus.

In reality it looks quite different.

Der, die or das?

Realität is feminine: die Realität. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -tät are die in 12 of 12 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Realität?

Realität is number 2,801 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 32 times per million words — about once every 32,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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

  1. 2,797die Übernahmetakeover; taking on
  2. 2,798elektronischeelectronic
  3. 2,799das Restaurantrestaurant
  4. 2,800folgtefollowed
  5. 2,801die Realitätreality
  6. 2,802meintesaid, meant, thought (past)
  7. 2,803verliertloses
  8. 2,804die Erfüllungfulfilment
  9. 2,805rechnetcalculates; expects (mit)

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