das Regal
Meaning in English: shelf, shelves
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Rooms and furniture in German list.
Example
Das Buch steht oben im Regal.
The book is on the top shelf.
Der, die or das?
Regal is neuter: das Regal. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -al are das in 9 of 11 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Regal?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Regal appears 4.9 times per million words — about once every 210,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
House and home: more words
- das Haushouse; building
- die Wohnungflat, apartment
- das Zimmerroom
- die Küchekitchen; cuisine
- das Badbathroom; bath
- das Badezimmerbathroom
- das Schlafzimmerbedroom
- das Wohnzimmerliving room
- der Flurhall, hallway
- der Kellercellar, basement
- der Gartengarden
- der Balkonbalcony
- die Türdoor
- das Fensterwindow
- die Wandwall
- der Bodenfloor, ground, soil
In these word lists
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.