German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der Sohn
Meaning in English: son
Example
Ihr Sohn studiert in Leipzig.
Her son is studying in Leipzig.
Der, die or das?
Sohn is masculine: der Sohn. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Sohn?
Sohn is number 1,325 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 69 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. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,321das Risikorisk
- 1,322die Planungplanning
- 1,323mitteilteannounced, informed
- 1,324behandelttreated, dealt with
- 1,325der Sohnson
- 1,326das Wetterweather
- 1,327teilnehmento take part
- 1,328der Vertreterrepresentative
- 1,329bisherigenprevious, to date
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,325
- The most common German nouns#485
- German A1 vocabulary#418
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#137
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.