German noun, masculine · CEFR B2

der Vertreter

Meaning in English: representative

Rank 1,328 of 5,000noun · derLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Beim Treffen waren auch Vertreter der Eltern dabei.

Parents' representatives were also at the meeting.

Der, die or das?

Vertreter is masculine: der Vertreter. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Vertreter in the top 5,000

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

Vertretern#3,927
representatives (dative)B2

Wir haben mit Vertretern der Stadt gesprochen.
We spoke to representatives of the city.

How common is Vertreter?

Vertreter is number 1,328 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 69 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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

  1. 1,324behandelttreated, dealt with
  2. 1,325der Sohnson
  3. 1,326das Wetterweather
  4. 1,327teilnehmento take part
  5. 1,328der Vertreterrepresentative
  6. 1,329bisherigenprevious, to date
  7. 1,330zuhauseat home
  8. 1,331wohnento live, to reside
  9. 1,332bezeichnetcalled, described

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