German noun, neuter · CEFR B1

das System

Meaning in English: system

Rank 914 of 5,000noun · dasLevel B13 forms in the list

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Example

Das System ist gerade abgestürzt.

The system has just crashed.

Der, die or das?

System is neuter: das System. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of System in the top 5,000

These forms of System are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Systeme#2,197
systemsB1

Die beiden Systeme sind leider nicht kompatibel.
Unfortunately, the two systems aren't compatible.

Systems#4,204
system (genitive)B1

Die Nutzung des Systems ist kostenlos.
Using the system is free.

How common is System?

System is number 914 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 97 times per million words — about once every 10,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% 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

  1. 910scheintseems; shines
  2. 911Gründenreasons (dative plural)
  3. 912das Buchbook
  4. 913längerlonger
  5. 914das Systemsystem
  6. 915die Einrichtungfacility, institution; furnishings
  7. 916die Kunstart
  8. 917drittethird
  9. 918andererother, another; different

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