German noun, feminine · CEFR A1
die Sonne
Meaning in English: sun
Example
Heute scheint endlich wieder die Sonne.
The sun is finally shining again today.
Der, die or das?
Sonne is feminine: die Sonne. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Sonne?
Sonne is number 1,980 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 46 times per million words — about once every 22,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 1,976der Haushalthousehold, budget
- 1,977die Markebrand, make, stamp
- 1,978das Geschäftshop, business, deal
- 1,979Aussagenstatements
- 1,980die Sonnesun
- 1,981davorin front of it, before that
- 1,982verbessertimproved
- 1,983bittento ask, to request
- 1,984der Eindruckimpression
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,980
- The most common German nouns#791
- German A1 vocabulary#530
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#262
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.