German noun, feminine · CEFR B1
die Story
Meaning in English: story
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Die Story des Films ist ziemlich spannend.
The film's story is pretty exciting.
Der, die or das?
Story is feminine: die Story. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Story?
Story is number 4,274 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,270der Saalhall, room
- 4,271das Schicksalfate, destiny
- 4,272erwähntmentioned
- 4,273die Wertschätzungappreciation, esteem
- 4,274die Storystory
- 4,275die Frontfront, facade
- 4,276die Taschebag, pocket
- 4,277Reisendetravellers, passengers
- 4,278unterhalbbelow, beneath
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,274
- The most common German nouns#1,856
- German B1 vocabulary#1,392
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#599
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.