German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Rechner
Meaning in English: computer, calculator
Example
Mein Rechner ist schon wieder abgestürzt.
My computer has crashed again.
Der, die or das?
Rechner is masculine: der Rechner. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Rechner?
Rechner is number 4,586 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 57,000 words.
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
- 4,582die Öffentlichkeitsarbeitpublic relations
- 4,583zusammenarbeitento work together, to cooperate
- 4,584Auflagenconditions, requirements; editions
- 4,585wonachwhat... for, after which
- 4,586der Rechnercomputer, calculator
- 4,587das Bootboat
- 4,588tätigento make, to carry out (formal)
- 4,589schulischeschool, academic
- 4,590die Schließungclosure
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,586
- The most common German nouns#2,000
- German B1 vocabulary#1,493
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#501
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.