die Wende
Meaning in English: turn, turning point; reunification
Example
In der zweiten Halbzeit nahm das Spiel eine Wende.
In the second half the game took a turn.
Der, die or das?
Wende is feminine: die Wende. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Wende?
Wende is number 4,666 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Words built on Wende:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,662Fahrgästepassengers
- 4,663beliebtestenmost popular
- 4,664wahrnehmento perceive; to keep (appointment)
- 4,665gewarntwarned
- 4,666die Wendeturn, turning point; reunification
- 4,667die Freundschaftfriendship
- 4,668die Promotiondoctorate, PhD
- 4,669früheearly
- 4,670BelarusBelarus
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,666
- The most common German nouns#2,041
- German B2 vocabulary#1,142
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#666
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.