German noun, neuter · CEFR A1
Weihnachten
Meaning in English: Christmas
Example
Was machst du an Weihnachten?
What are you doing at Christmas?
How common is Weihnachten?
Weihnachten is number 2,165 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 42 times per million words — about once every 24,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 2,161linkeleft; left-wing (inflected)
- 2,162Bundesländernfederal states (dative plural)
- 2,163das Handymobile phone, cell phone
- 2,164feiertcelebrates
- 2,165WeihnachtenChristmas
- 2,166das Coronaviruscoronavirus
- 2,167voranahead, forward
- 2,168die Kameracamera
- 2,169wesentlichenessential, main (inflected)
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