German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Tod
Meaning in English: death
Example
Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes zog sie zu ihrer Tochter.
After her husband's death she moved in with her daughter.
Der, die or das?
Tod is masculine: der Tod. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Tod?
Tod is number 1,087 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 83 times per million words — about once every 12,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% 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
- 1,083fallento fall, to drop
- 1,084der Vertragcontract
- 1,085der Vermieterlandlord
- 1,086verpflichtetobliged, committed
- 1,087der Toddeath
- 1,088stattfindento take place
- 1,089profitierento benefit, to profit
- 1,090der Bodenfloor, ground, soil
- 1,091erwartento expect, to wait for
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,087
- The most common German nouns#382
- German B1 vocabulary#306
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#105
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.