German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Verlust

Meaning in English: loss

Rank 2,401 of 5,000noun · derLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Den Verlust der Karte musst du sofort melden.

You must report the loss of the card immediately.

Der, die or das?

Verlust is masculine: der Verlust. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Verlust in the top 5,000

These forms of Verlust are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Verluste#4,316
lossesB2

Die Firma hat im letzten Jahr hohe Verluste gemacht.
The company made heavy losses last year.

How common is Verlust?

Verlust is number 2,401 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 38 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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. 2,397verhindertprevented; unable to come
  2. 2,398das Tieranimal
  3. 2,399fühltfeels
  4. 2,400Studentenstudents
  5. 2,401der Verlustloss
  6. 2,402verkaufento sell
  7. 2,403durchführento carry out, to conduct
  8. 2,404anlässlichon the occasion of
  9. 2,405erleichternto make easier, to relieve

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