German noun, feminine · CEFR A2

die Sache

Meaning in English: thing, matter

Rank 1,383 of 5,000noun · dieLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Das ist eine ganz andere Sache.

That's a completely different matter.

Der, die or das?

Sache is feminine: die Sache. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Sache in the top 5,000

These forms of Sache are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Sachen#1,533
things, stuffA1

Pack deine Sachen, wir fahren gleich.
Pack your things, we're leaving soon.

How common is Sache?

Sache is number 1,383 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 66 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Related words in the list

Words built on Sache:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,379Straßenstreets, roads
  2. 1,380das Vorhabenplan, project
  3. 1,381Veränderungenchanges
  4. 1,382das Vertrauentrust, confidence
  5. 1,383die Sachething, matter
  6. 1,384bundesweitnationwide
  7. 1,385die Heimathome, homeland
  8. 1,386sichernto secure, to back up
  9. 1,387das Gebietarea, region, field

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