German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Ton
Meaning in English: sound, tone, clay
Example
Bei dem Video ist der Ton viel zu leise.
The sound on this video is far too quiet.
Der, die or das?
Ton is masculine: der Ton. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Ton?
Ton is number 3,975 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.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 3,971die Temperaturtemperature
- 3,972der Spieltagmatchday
- 3,973personenbezogenerpersonal (data)
- 3,974entwickeltendeveloped
- 3,975der Tonsound, tone, clay
- 3,976lasselet, leave (I)
- 3,977der Widerspruchcontradiction, objection, appeal
- 3,978formuliertworded, formulated
- 3,979das Radbike, wheel
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,975
- The most common German nouns#1,715
- German B1 vocabulary#1,287
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#437
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