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German noun, neuter · CEFR A2

das Thema

Meaning in English: topic, subject

Rank 199 of 5,000noun · dasLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Lass uns das Thema wechseln.

Let's change the subject.

Der, die or das?

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

Forms of Thema in the top 5,000

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

Themen#349
topics, subjectsA2

Über welche Themen möchtet ihr sprechen?
Which topics would you like to talk about?

How common is Thema?

Thema is number 199 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 424 times per million words — about once every 2,400 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 50% 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. 195giltis valid, applies
  2. 196der Teilpart, piece
  3. 197gebento give
  4. 198keinno, not a
  5. 199das Thematopic, subject
  6. 200bietetoffers
  7. 201wegenbecause of
  8. 202der Rahmenframe; framework, scope
  9. 203seinemhis, its (dative, masc./neut.)

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