German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Tanz
Meaning in English: dance
Example
Darf ich um diesen Tanz bitten?
May I have this dance?
Der, die or das?
Tanz is masculine: der Tanz. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Tanz?
Tanz is number 4,862 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 61,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,858täglichedaily
- 4,859die Jugendhilfeyouth welfare services
- 4,860ältestenoldest, eldest
- 4,861verläuftruns, goes (a process, a road)
- 4,862der Tanzdance
- 4,863die Milchmilk
- 4,864festgelegtenfixed, specified
- 4,865Verbändenassociations (dative plural)
- 4,866verlängernto extend, to renew
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,862
- The most common German nouns#2,135
- German A2 vocabulary#960
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#526
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.