German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Saal
Meaning in English: hall, room
Example
Der Saal war bis auf den letzten Platz besetzt.
The hall was full to the last seat.
Der, die or das?
Saal is masculine: der Saal. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -al are usually das (9 of 11 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Saal?
Saal is number 4,270 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,266aufzubauento build up, to set up (zu-inf.)
- 4,267unglaublichunbelievable, incredible
- 4,268erlittsuffered
- 4,269nullzero
- 4,270der Saalhall, room
- 4,271das Schicksalfate, destiny
- 4,272erwähntmentioned
- 4,273die Wertschätzungappreciation, esteem
- 4,274die Storystory
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- The 5,000 most common German words#4,270
- The most common German nouns#1,853
- German B1 vocabulary#1,390
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#473
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