German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Respekt
Meaning in English: respect
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Man sollte älteren Menschen mit Respekt begegnen.
You should treat older people with respect.
Der, die or das?
Respekt is masculine: der Respekt. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Respekt?
Respekt is number 3,036 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 29 times per million words — about once every 35,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 3,032rufento call, to shout
- 3,033offizielleofficial
- 3,034abschließendfinally, in conclusion
- 3,035erreichtereached
- 3,036der Respektrespect
- 3,037fernerfurthermore, in addition
- 3,038berechtigtentitled, justified
- 3,039schlagento hit, to beat
- 3,040Vorstellungenideas, expectations; shows
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,036
- The most common German nouns#1,278
- German B1 vocabulary#978
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#332
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.