German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Religion

Meaning in English: religion

Rank 3,864 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B1

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Example

Welche Religion hat deine Familie?

What religion is your family?

Der, die or das?

Religion is feminine: die Religion. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ion are die in 46 of 47 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Religion?

Religion is number 3,864 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 46,000 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

  1. 3,860motiviertmotivated
  2. 3,861grüngreen
  3. 3,862Krisencrises
  4. 3,863die Beschreibungdescription
  5. 3,864die Religionreligion
  6. 3,865Probenrehearsals, samples, tests
  7. 3,866landento land
  8. 3,867analysierento analyse
  9. 3,868fachlicheprofessional, specialist

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