die Stiftung
Meaning in English: foundation (charity)
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Eine Stiftung bezahlt den neuen Spielplatz.
A foundation is paying for the new playground.
Der, die or das?
Stiftung is feminine: die Stiftung. 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.
Forms of Stiftung in the top 5,000
These forms of Stiftung are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Viele Stiftungen unterstützen junge Musiker.
Many foundations support young musicians.
How common is Stiftung?
Stiftung is number 720 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 126 times per million words — about once every 7,900 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 716lesenread
- 717fandfound; thought (opinion)
- 718bereitready, prepared, willing
- 719der Umganghandling, dealing (with)
- 720die Stiftungfoundation (charity)
- 721kennenknow (be familiar with)
- 722die Praxispractice; doctor's surgery
- 723der Bürgercitizen(s)
- 724demnachaccordingly, so, according to that
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#720
- The 5,000 most common German words#720
- The most common German nouns#216
- German B2 vocabulary#52
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#70
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.