German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Umgebung

Meaning in English: surroundings, area

Rank 1,373 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B1
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Example

In der Umgebung gibt es tolle Wanderwege.

There are great hiking trails in the area.

Der, die or das?

Umgebung is feminine: die Umgebung. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ung are die in 224 of 226 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Umgebung?

Umgebung is number 1,373 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 66 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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. 1,369das Personalstaff, personnel
  2. 1,370mittelsby means of
  3. 1,371Teileparts, pieces
  4. 1,372der Leiterhead, manager (der); ladder (die)
  5. 1,373die Umgebungsurroundings, area
  6. 1,374die Partiegame, match
  7. 1,375empfehlento recommend
  8. 1,376die Nummernumber
  9. 1,377die Meinungopinion

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