German noun, feminine · CEFR C1

die Steuerung

Meaning in English: control, steering

Rank 4,713 of 5,000noun · dieLevel C1

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Example

Die Steuerung des Spiels ist ganz einfach.

The game's controls are really simple.

Der, die or das?

Steuerung is feminine: die Steuerung. 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 Steuerung?

Steuerung is number 4,713 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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

  1. 4,709entfälltis cancelled, does not apply
  2. 4,710wöchentlichweekly
  3. 4,711die Landtagswahlstate election
  4. 4,712die Burgcastle
  5. 4,713die Steuerungcontrol, steering
  6. 4,714typischentypical
  7. 4,715warmwarm
  8. 4,716eingetragenregistered, entered
  9. 4,717Fahrtenjourneys, trips, rides

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