German noun, feminine · CEFR B1

die Unterhaltung

Meaning in English: conversation; entertainment

Rank 3,779 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B1
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Example

Wir hatten eine nette Unterhaltung im Zug.

We had a nice conversation on the train.

Der, die or das?

Unterhaltung is feminine: die Unterhaltung. 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 Unterhaltung?

Unterhaltung is number 3,779 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 45,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Related words in the list

Unterhaltung is built from die Haltung (attitude, stance; posture).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,775der Postenpost, position; item
  2. 3,776Ergebnissenresults (dative pl.)
  3. 3,777die Demenzdementia
  4. 3,778mitbringento bring (along)
  5. 3,779die Unterhaltungconversation; entertainment
  6. 3,780fortgesetztcontinued, resumed
  7. 3,781das Lagerwarehouse, stock; camp
  8. 3,782die Mitgliedschaftmembership
  9. 3,783daßthat (old spelling of dass)

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