German adjective · CEFR A2

tot

Meaning in English: dead

Rank 3,394 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Die Pflanze ist leider tot.

Unfortunately the plant is dead.

Forms of tot in the top 5,000

These forms of tot are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

tote#4,721
deadB1

Im Garten lag eine tote Maus.
There was a dead mouse in the garden.

How common is tot?

tot is number 3,394 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,390das Vermögenfortune, wealth, assets
  2. 3,391Championschampions (as in Champions League)
  3. 3,392Aktivistenactivists
  4. 3,393das Praktikuminternship, work placement
  5. 3,394totdead
  6. 3,395begründetjustified, gave reasons for; founded
  7. 3,396geeignetensuitable, appropriate
  8. 3,397Strategienstrategies
  9. 3,398Krankenkassenhealth insurance funds

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