German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Reifen
Meaning in English: tyre
Example
Im Herbst müssen wir die Reifen wechseln.
We have to change the tyres in autumn.
Der, die or das?
Reifen is masculine: der Reifen. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Reifen?
Reifen is number 3,914 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 47,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 3,910die Physikphysics
- 3,911geholtfetched, got
- 3,912die Einreiseentry (into a country)
- 3,913entscheidendendecisive, crucial
- 3,914der Reifentyre
- 3,915das Dokumentdocument
- 3,916die Auflageedition, condition, requirement
- 3,917leitento lead, to manage
- 3,918die Spielzeitseason, playing time
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- The 5,000 most common German words#3,914
- The most common German nouns#1,692
- German B1 vocabulary#1,262
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#432
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.