die Treppe
Meaning in English: stairs, staircase
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Rooms and furniture in German list.
Example
Der Aufzug ist kaputt, wir nehmen die Treppe.
The lift is broken, we'll take the stairs.
Der, die or das?
Treppe is feminine: die Treppe. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Treppe?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Treppe appears 7.0 times per million words — about once every 140,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
House and home: more words
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- die Wohnungflat, apartment
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- das Badbathroom; bath
- das Badezimmerbathroom
- das Schlafzimmerbedroom
- das Wohnzimmerliving room
- der Flurhall, hallway
- der Kellercellar, basement
- der Gartengarden
- der Balkonbalcony
- die Türdoor
- das Fensterwindow
- die Wandwall
- der Bodenfloor, ground, soil
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.