German noun, feminine · CEFR B1
die Theorie
Meaning in English: theory
Example
In der Theorie klingt das ganz einfach.
In theory that sounds quite simple.
Der, die or das?
Theorie is feminine: die Theorie. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ie are die in 20 of 21 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Theorie?
Theorie is number 3,484 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 41,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,480der Gebrauchuse, usage
- 3,481eingegangenreceived, arrived; entered into
- 3,482installiertinstalled
- 3,483circaapproximately, about
- 3,484die Theorietheory
- 3,485die Vereinigungassociation, union; unification
- 3,486Jobsjobs
- 3,487endgültigfinal, definitive; for good
- 3,488schwarzeblack
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,484
- The most common German nouns#1,478
- German B1 vocabulary#1,127
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#484
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