German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Schüler

Meaning in English: pupil, schoolboy; pupils

Rank 215 of 5,000noun · derLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Der Schüler hat seine Hausaufgaben vergessen.

The pupil forgot his homework.

Der, die or das?

Schüler is masculine: der Schüler. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Schüler in the top 5,000

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

Schülern#1,062
pupils, students (dative)A2

Die Lehrerin gibt den Schülern viele Hausaufgaben.
The teacher gives the pupils lots of homework.

How common is Schüler?

Schüler is number 215 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 396 times per million words — about once every 2,500 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 51% 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

  1. 211sagtsays
  2. 212beidenboth, the two
  3. 213Millionenmillions
  4. 214einmalonce; one time
  5. 215der Schülerpupil, schoolboy; pupils
  6. 216liegtlies, is (located)
  7. 217darüberabout it; over it
  8. 218großebig, large, great
  9. 219vielenmany (dative); vielen Dank

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