German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Versuch
Meaning in English: attempt, try; experiment
Example
Beim zweiten Versuch hat es geklappt.
It worked on the second try.
Der, die or das?
Versuch is masculine: der Versuch. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Versuch?
Versuch is number 2,652 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 30,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,648wirftthrows
- 2,649SpanienSpain
- 2,650der Kundecustomer, client
- 2,651kontinuierlichcontinuous, steadily
- 2,652der Versuchattempt, try; experiment
- 2,653fortaway, gone; onward
- 2,654bestätigenconfirm
- 2,655die Genehmigungpermission, permit
- 2,656der Bordboard (an Bord = on board)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,652
- The most common German nouns#1,111
- German B1 vocabulary#855
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#294
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