German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
der Schlag
Meaning in English: blow, hit; shock
Example
Die Nachricht war ein schwerer Schlag für die Familie.
The news was a heavy blow for the family.
Der, die or das?
Schlag is masculine: der Schlag. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Schlag?
Schlag is number 4,623 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. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Words built on Schlag:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,619die Kassetill, checkout; health insurer
- 4,620anwesendenpresent (in attendance)
- 4,621das Erdbebenearthquake
- 4,622kündigtquits, gives notice; cancels
- 4,623der Schlagblow, hit; shock
- 4,624scheinbarapparently, seemingly
- 4,625gefülltfilled, stuffed
- 4,626fachlichprofessional, technical, specialist
- 4,627Schwächenweaknesses
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- The 5,000 most common German words#4,623
- The most common German nouns#2,021
- German B2 vocabulary#1,132
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#506
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