der Staat
Meaning in English: state, country
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Der Staat unterstützt Familien mit Kindergeld.
The state supports families with child benefit.
Der, die or das?
Staat is masculine: der Staat. 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.
Forms of Staat in the top 5,000
These forms of Staat are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Viele Staaten haben den Vertrag unterschrieben.
Many countries have signed the treaty.
How common is Staat?
Staat is number 1,366 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 67 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. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Related words in the list
Words built on Staat:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,362deswegenthat's why, therefore
- 1,363geöffnetopen(ed)
- 1,364geeignetsuitable
- 1,365die Karrierecareer
- 1,366der Staatstate, country
- 1,367vorherbefore, beforehand
- 1,368selbstverständlichof course, naturally
- 1,369das Personalstaff, personnel
- 1,370mittelsby means of
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,366
- The most common German nouns#500
- German B1 vocabulary#410
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#140
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.