german5000
My words Take the test
German number · CEFR A1

vier

Meaning in English: four

Rank 206 of 5,000numberLevel A13 forms in the list
Learn this word

Add vier and its 2 forms to your reviews. Progress stays in this browser.

Test my vocabulary

Example

Wir sind vier Personen.

There are four of us.

Forms of vier in the top 5,000

These forms of vier are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

vierten#2,079
fourth (inflected)A1

Wir wohnen im vierten Stock.
We live on the fourth floor.

vierte#3,169
fourthA1

Das ist schon die vierte Tasse Kaffee heute.
That's already the fourth cup of coffee today.

How common is vier?

vier is number 206 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 408 times per million words — about once every 2,500 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 51% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 202der Rahmenframe; framework, scope
  2. 203seinemhis, its (dative, masc./neut.)
  3. 204einfachsimple, easy; simply, just
  4. 205machtmakes, does
  5. 206vierfour
  6. 207michme; myself
  7. 208stellento put, to place (upright)
  8. 209die Schuleschool
  9. 210erstefirst

In these word lists

Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.