German noun, feminine · CEFR A1
die Sprache
Meaning in English: language
Example
Deutsch ist keine leichte Sprache.
German isn't an easy language.
Der, die or das?
Sprache is feminine: die Sprache. 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 Sprache?
Sprache is number 754 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 119 times per million words — about once every 8,400 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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
- 750Ideenideas
- 751der Zeitpunktpoint in time, moment
- 752bevorbefore (conjunction)
- 753der Startstart; take-off
- 754die Sprachelanguage
- 755der Unterrichtlessons, class, teaching
- 756Kommunenmunicipalities, local authorities
- 757veröffentlichtpublished
- 758baldsoon
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#754
- The 5,000 most common German words#754
- The most common German nouns#236
- German A1 vocabulary#321
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#74
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.