German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Tag

Meaning in English: day

Rank 222 of 5,000noun · derLevel A14 forms in the list
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Example

Ich wünsche dir einen schönen Tag!

Have a nice day!

Der, die or das?

Tag is masculine: der Tag. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Tag in the top 5,000

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

Tage#410
daysA1

Wir bleiben drei Tage in Rom.
We're staying three days in Rome.

Tagen#482
days (dative plural)A1

Vor drei Tagen habe ich ihn getroffen.
I met him three days ago.

Tages#2,115
of the day (genitive)A2

Eines Tages will ich nach Japan reisen.
One day I want to travel to Japan.

How common is Tag?

Tag is number 222 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 381 times per million words — about once every 2,600 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 51% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 218großebig, large, great
  2. 219vielenmany (dative); vielen Dank
  3. 220gemeinsamtogether, jointly; common
  4. 221solltenshould (we/they)
  5. 222der Tagday
  6. 223das Beispielexample
  7. 224großenbig, large, great
  8. 225außerdembesides, moreover
  9. 226eigenenown

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