die Stellung
Meaning in English: position, stance
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Der Minister wollte dazu keine Stellung nehmen.
The minister didn't want to comment on it.
Der, die or das?
Stellung is feminine: die Stellung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Stellung?
Stellung is number 3,123 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Words built on Stellung:
- die Ausstellungexhibition
- die Darstellungdepiction, portrayal, display
- die Vorstellungidea, notion; performance; introduction
- die Herstellungproduction, manufacture
- die Einstellungattitude; setting; hiring
- die Bereitstellungprovision, supply
- die Antragstellungapplication (submitting a form)
- die Gleichstellungequality, equal rights
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,119günstigercheaper, more favourable
- 3,120verliehenawarded; lent
- 3,121feiertecelebrated
- 3,122vorhandenenexisting, available
- 3,123die Stellungposition, stance
- 3,124ungefährabout, approximately
- 3,125orientierento orient, to get one's bearings
- 3,126Fächersubjects; compartments
- 3,127das Grundstückplot of land, property
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,123
- The most common German nouns#1,309
- German B2 vocabulary#635
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#438
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.