German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Schaden

Meaning in English: damage, harm

Rank 1,310 of 5,000noun · derLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Der Sturm hat großen Schaden am Dach angerichtet.

The storm did a lot of damage to the roof.

Der, die or das?

Schaden is masculine: der Schaden. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Schaden in the top 5,000

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

Schäden#1,613
damage(s)B1

Der Sturm hat große Schäden angerichtet.
The storm caused a lot of damage.

How common is Schaden?

Schaden is number 1,310 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 70 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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

  1. 1,306der Freistaatfree state (Bavaria, Saxony…)
  2. 1,307bestimmtcertainly, surely; certain
  3. 1,308gespeichertsaved, stored
  4. 1,309die Linieline, route
  5. 1,310der Schadendamage, harm
  6. 1,311plötzlichsuddenly
  7. 1,312nahenear, close
  8. 1,313die Weiterbildungfurther training
  9. 1,314vermeidento avoid

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