German noun, feminine · CEFR A2

die Temperatur

Meaning in English: temperature

Rank 3,971 of 5,000noun · dieLevel A22 forms in the list

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Example

Heute Nacht fällt die Temperatur unter null.

Tonight the temperature will drop below zero.

Der, die or das?

Temperatur is feminine: die Temperatur. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ur are die in 12 of 14 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Temperatur in the top 5,000

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

Temperaturen#1,513
temperaturesA2

Am Wochenende steigen die Temperaturen auf 30 Grad.
At the weekend temperatures will rise to 30 degrees.

How common is Temperatur?

Temperatur is number 3,971 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 47,000 words. Its most frequent form is Temperaturen (#1,513).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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

  1. 3,967stationäreninpatient, stationary
  2. 3,968die Visionvision
  3. 3,969sozialsocial, socially
  4. 3,970bemühttried hard, made an effort
  5. 3,971die Temperaturtemperature
  6. 3,972der Spieltagmatchday
  7. 3,973personenbezogenerpersonal (data)
  8. 3,974entwickeltendeveloped
  9. 3,975der Tonsound, tone, clay

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