German noun, feminine · CEFR A2

die Unterkunft

Meaning in English: accommodation, lodging

Rank 4,473 of 5,000noun · dieLevel A2
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Example

Wir suchen noch eine günstige Unterkunft in Wien.

We're still looking for cheap accommodation in Vienna.

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Unterkunft is feminine: die Unterkunft. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Unterkunft?

Unterkunft is number 4,473 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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. 4,469gewachsengrown; up to (a task)
  2. 4,470der Kaiseremperor
  3. 4,471die Mitgliederversammlunggeneral meeting (of members)
  4. 4,472Anbieternproviders, suppliers
  5. 4,473die Unterkunftaccommodation, lodging
  6. 4,474der Gesetzentwurfbill, draft law
  7. 4,475mitnehmento take along, to give a lift
  8. 4,476kehrtreturns (zurück); sweeps
  9. 4,477Verbesserungenimprovements

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