German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Regelung

Meaning in English: rule, regulation, arrangement

Rank 2,027 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Für Überstunden gibt es eine klare Regelung.

There is a clear rule for overtime.

Der, die or das?

Regelung is feminine: die Regelung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Regelung in the top 5,000

These forms of Regelung are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Regelungen#1,164
rules, regulationsB2

Für Haustiere gelten im Haus besondere Regelungen.
Special rules apply to pets in the building.

How common is Regelung?

Regelung is number 2,027 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 45 times per million words — about once every 22,000 words. Its most frequent form is Regelungen (#1,164).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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. 2,023Mitgliedernmembers (dative plural)
  2. 2,024Plätzeplaces, seats, squares
  3. 2,025Erkrankungenillnesses, diseases
  4. 2,026die Atmosphäreatmosphere
  5. 2,027die Regelungrule, regulation, arrangement
  6. 2,028das Rathaustown hall, city hall
  7. 2,029Partnernpartners (dative plural)
  8. 2,030fordertedemanded, called for (past)
  9. 2,031das Parlamentparliament

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