der Senat
Meaning in English: senate
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Der Senat hat das Gesetz gestern beschlossen.
The senate passed the law yesterday.
Der, die or das?
Senat is masculine: der Senat. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -at are der in 8 of 11 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Senat?
Senat is number 3,493 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 41,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,489die Ankündigungannouncement
- 3,490die Erziehungupbringing, education
- 3,491vergleichsweisecomparatively, relatively
- 3,492das Staatsministeriumstate ministry
- 3,493der Senatsenate
- 3,494führendenleading
- 3,495die Landeshauptstadtstate capital
- 3,496nahnear, close
- 3,497Plattformenplatforms
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,493
- The most common German nouns#1,484
- German C1 vocabulary#184
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#378
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.