German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
Russen
Meaning in English: Russians
This is a form of Russe, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Unsere Nachbarn sind Russen und kochen wunderbar.
Our neighbours are Russian and cook wonderfully.
How common is Russen?
Russen is number 4,644 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,640mittleremiddle, medium, average
- 4,641die Toleranztolerance
- 4,642fremdeforeign, strange, unfamiliar
- 4,643das Liedsong
- 4,644RussenRussians
- 4,645angeschlossenconnected, attached
- 4,646positivespositive
- 4,647garantierento guarantee
- 4,648ausgegebenspent; issued
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,644
- The most common German nouns#2,029
- German B1 vocabulary#1,514
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.