German noun, feminine · CEFR B1
Tonnen
Meaning in English: tonnes, tons; bins
This is a form of Tonne, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Der Lkw kann zehn Tonnen laden.
The lorry can carry ten tonnes.
How common is Tonnen?
Tonnen is number 2,132 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 43 times per million words — about once every 23,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 2,128kümmernto take care of, to look after
- 2,129EnglischEnglish (language)
- 2,130intensivintensive, intense
- 2,131Flüchtlingerefugees
- 2,132Tonnentonnes, tons; bins
- 2,133kommunalenmunicipal, local (inflected)
- 2,134die Hallehall
- 2,135Bäumetrees
- 2,136Beispieleexamples
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