die Untersuchung
Meaning in English: examination, investigation
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Die Untersuchung beim Arzt hat nicht wehgetan.
The examination at the doctor's didn't hurt.
Der, die or das?
Untersuchung is feminine: die Untersuchung. 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.
Forms of Untersuchung in the top 5,000
These forms of Untersuchung are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Die Untersuchungen im Krankenhaus waren alle unauffällig.
The tests at the hospital were all normal.
How common is Untersuchung?
Untersuchung is number 1,591 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 58 times per million words — about once every 17,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% 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
- 1,587vorgesehenplanned, intended, provided for
- 1,588planento plan
- 1,589nachhaltigsustainable, lasting
- 1,590könnt(you all) can
- 1,591die Untersuchungexamination, investigation
- 1,592liefernto deliver, to supply
- 1,593das Urteilverdict, judgement
- 1,594entscheidetdecides
- 1,595Vorteileadvantages
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,591
- The most common German nouns#616
- German B1 vocabulary#491
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#209
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.