das Wohnzimmer
Meaning in English: living room
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Rooms and furniture in German list.
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Abends sitzen wir im Wohnzimmer.
In the evenings we sit in the living room.
Der, die or das?
Wohnzimmer is neuter: das Wohnzimmer. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -er are usually der (126 of 160 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Wohnzimmer?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Wohnzimmer appears 12 times per million words — about once every 84,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- das Haushouse; building
- die Wohnungflat, apartment
- das Zimmerroom
- die Küchekitchen; cuisine
- das Badbathroom; bath
- das Badezimmerbathroom
- das Schlafzimmerbedroom
- der Flurhall, hallway
- der Kellercellar, basement
- der Gartengarden
- der Balkonbalcony
- die Türdoor
- das Fensterwindow
- die Wandwall
- der Bodenfloor, ground, soil
- die Treppestairs, staircase
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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.