die Verbreitung
Meaning in English: spread, distribution
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Händewaschen hilft gegen die Verbreitung von Viren.
Hand-washing helps stop the spread of viruses.
Der, die or das?
Verbreitung is feminine: die Verbreitung. 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 Verbreitung?
Verbreitung is number 3,287 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 39,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,283Monatsof the month (genitive)
- 3,284engagiertecommitted, dedicated
- 3,285der Entwicklerdeveloper
- 3,286die Verletzunginjury; violation
- 3,287die Verbreitungspread, distribution
- 3,288Ansätzeapproaches
- 3,289seithersince then
- 3,290das Landgerichtregional court
- 3,291Berichtereports
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,287
- The most common German nouns#1,389
- German C1 vocabulary#155
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#460
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.