German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Umfrage

Meaning in English: survey, poll

Rank 1,773 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Machst du bei der Umfrage mit?

Are you taking part in the survey?

Der, die or das?

Umfrage is feminine: die Umfrage. 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.

Forms of Umfrage in the top 5,000

These forms of Umfrage are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Umfragen#3,507
surveys, pollsB1

Laut Umfragen ist die Mehrheit dafür.
According to polls, the majority is in favour.

How common is Umfrage?

Umfrage is number 1,773 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 52 times per million words — about once every 19,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% 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. 1,769sichtbarvisible
  2. 1,770die Ausgabeedition, issue; expense
  3. 1,771extremextreme(ly)
  4. 1,772das Werkwork, factory
  5. 1,773die Umfragesurvey, poll
  6. 1,774gesuchtsearched, looked for; wanted
  7. 1,775vorgehento proceed, to act; to go ahead
  8. 1,776Angehörigenrelatives, family members
  9. 1,777geschriebenwritten

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