rot
Meaning in English: red
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Warte, die Ampel ist noch rot.
Wait, the light is still red.
Forms of rot in the top 5,000
These forms of rot are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Sie trägt heute ihren roten Mantel.
She's wearing her red coat today.
Sie trägt heute eine rote Mütze.
She's wearing a red hat today.
How common is rot?
rot is number 3,695 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 44,000 words. Its most frequent form is roten (#1,608).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,691ratento advise; to guess
- 3,692Erinnerungenmemories
- 3,693innovativeninnovative
- 3,694realreal
- 3,695rotred
- 3,696weichento give way (to), to yield
- 3,697der MittwochabendWednesday evening
- 3,698ausprobierento try out
- 3,699der Besitzpossession, property
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,695
- The most common German adjectives#633
- German A1 vocabulary#696
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.