German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
der Widerstand
Meaning in English: resistance, opposition
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Gegen den Plan gibt es viel Widerstand.
There's a lot of opposition to the plan.
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Widerstand is masculine: der Widerstand. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Widerstand?
Widerstand is number 3,324 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 39,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,320versehenprovided (with); mistake
- 3,321verratento reveal, to betray
- 3,322geschlagenbeaten, hit
- 3,323verdienento earn, to deserve
- 3,324der Widerstandresistance, opposition
- 3,325kritisiertecriticised
- 3,326oberenupper, top
- 3,327irgendwiesomehow, sort of
- 3,328meldetreports, gets in touch
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.