das Spektrum
Meaning in English: spectrum, range
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Die Volkshochschule bietet ein breites Spektrum an Kursen.
The adult education centre offers a wide range of courses.
Der, die or das?
Spektrum is neuter: das Spektrum. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -um are das in 17 of 24 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Spektrum?
Spektrum is number 3,374 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,370veröffentlichtepublished (past tense)
- 3,371wussteknew
- 3,372globalglobal
- 3,373basiertis based (on)
- 3,374das Spektrumspectrum, range
- 3,375IsraelsIsrael's, of Israel (genitive)
- 3,376Hundedogs
- 3,377impfento vaccinate
- 3,378umfangreichenextensive, comprehensive
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,374
- The most common German nouns#1,426
- German C1 vocabulary#174
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#176
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.