German noun, feminine · CEFR A1
die Tochter
Meaning in English: daughter
Example
Unsere Tochter geht jetzt in die erste Klasse.
Our daughter is now in first grade.
Der, die or das?
Tochter is feminine: die Tochter. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -er are usually der (126 of 160 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Tochter?
Tochter is number 1,320 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 69 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,316verändertchanged
- 1,317Punktenpoints (dative plural)
- 1,318die Lehreapprenticeship, teaching, lesson
- 1,319nahmtook
- 1,320die Tochterdaughter
- 1,321das Risikorisk
- 1,322die Planungplanning
- 1,323mitteilteannounced, informed
- 1,324behandelttreated, dealt with
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,320
- The most common German nouns#482
- German A1 vocabulary#417
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#170
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.