German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
der Ruf
Meaning in English: reputation, call
Example
Das Restaurant hat einen sehr guten Ruf.
The restaurant has a very good reputation.
Der, die or das?
Ruf is masculine: der Ruf. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Ruf?
Ruf is number 3,841 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 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,837der Westwest
- 3,838deckento cover, to set (the table)
- 3,839mietento rent
- 3,840der Ruhestandretirement
- 3,841der Rufreputation, call
- 3,842die Missionmission
- 3,843Fortschritteprogress
- 3,844der Käuferbuyer, purchaser
- 3,845nächstesnext (neuter)
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- The 5,000 most common German words#3,841
- The most common German nouns#1,656
- German B2 vocabulary#855
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#424
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