German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Rest
Meaning in English: rest, remainder
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Den Rest der Pizza esse ich morgen.
I'll eat the rest of the pizza tomorrow.
Der, die or das?
Rest is masculine: der Rest. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Rest?
Rest is number 2,955 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 30 times per million words — about once every 34,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,951ausgelösttriggered, set off
- 2,952die Pressekonferenzpress conference
- 2,953samttogether with, including
- 2,954die Begründungreason, justification
- 2,955der Restrest, remainder
- 2,956indesmeanwhile, however
- 2,957die Einladunginvitation
- 2,958der Anwohnerresidents, local residents
- 2,959der Kanzlerchancellor
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,955
- The most common German nouns#1,253
- German A2 vocabulary#648
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#326
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.