die Verlängerung
Meaning in English: extension; extra time
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Das Spiel ging in die Verlängerung.
The match went into extra time.
Der, die or das?
Verlängerung is feminine: die Verlängerung. 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 Verlängerung?
Verlängerung is number 2,609 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 34 times per million words — about once every 29,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,605umfangreicheextensive, comprehensive
- 2,606vereinbartagreed, arranged
- 2,607rettensave, rescue
- 2,608der Kontextcontext
- 2,609die Verlängerungextension; extra time
- 2,610Beschwerdencomplaints; aches, symptoms
- 2,611brauche(I) need
- 2,612gebotenoffered
- 2,613allgemeingeneral, generally
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,609
- The most common German nouns#1,093
- German B2 vocabulary#481
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#357
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.