die Vergabe
Meaning in English: allocation, awarding
Example
Die Vergabe der Kitaplätze ist kompliziert.
The allocation of nursery places is complicated.
Der, die or das?
Vergabe is feminine: die Vergabe. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Vergabe?
Vergabe is number 4,593 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 57,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,589schulischeschool, academic
- 4,590die Schließungclosure
- 4,591verwendetenused
- 4,592Fachkräftenskilled workers
- 4,593die Vergabeallocation, awarding
- 4,594Bemühungenefforts
- 4,595der Stofffabric, material; substance
- 4,596das Ehrenamtvoluntary work, honorary post
- 4,597bundesweitenationwide
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,593
- The most common German nouns#2,004
- German C1 vocabulary#318
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#655
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.