German noun, neuter · CEFR A1
das Taxi
Meaning in English: taxi
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Travel and transport in German list.
Example
Es ist schon spät, nehmen wir ein Taxi.
It's late already, let's take a taxi.
Der, die or das?
Taxi is neuter: das Taxi. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Taxi?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Taxi appears 6.5 times per million words — about once every 150,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Travel and transport: more words
- der Verkehrtraffic
- das Autocar
- der Busbus
- der Zugtrain
- die Bahnrailway, train, track
- die Straßenbahntram
- die U-Bahnunderground, subway
- das Fahrradbicycle
- das Flugzeugaeroplane, aircraft
- das Schiffship
- der Bahnhof(railway) station
- der Flughafenairport
- die Haltestelle(bus/tram) stop
- die Fahrkarteticket (for travel)
- das Ticketticket
- der Koffersuitcase
In these word lists
- Travel and transport in German31 words
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.