German noun, neuter · CEFR A1
das Viertel
Meaning in English: quarter; neighbourhood
Example
Es ist schon Viertel nach acht.
It's already quarter past eight.
Der, die or das?
Viertel is neuter: das Viertel. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Viertel?
Viertel is number 2,482 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,478erheblichconsiderable, considerably
- 2,479gerechtfair, just
- 2,480ließenlet, left, had done (past, pl.)
- 2,481gegebenenfallsif necessary, where applicable
- 2,482das Viertelquarter; neighbourhood
- 2,483die Eröffnungopening
- 2,484der Eintrittadmission, entry
- 2,485tausendethousands (of)
- 2,486Waffenweapons
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,482
- The most common German nouns#1,033
- German A1 vocabulary#588
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#128
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.