German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Wolf
Meaning in English: wolf
Spelled the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
In diesem Wald lebt wieder ein Wolf.
A wolf lives in this forest again.
Der, die or das?
Wolf is masculine: der Wolf. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Wolf?
Wolf is number 2,732 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 33 times per million words — about once every 31,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,728die Leidenschaftpassion
- 2,729die Mailemail
- 2,730geeignetesuitable
- 2,731gelerntlearned
- 2,732der Wolfwolf
- 2,733die Vereinbarungagreement, arrangement
- 2,734aktivenactive
- 2,735Tätigkeitenactivities, tasks
- 2,736eindeutigclear, clearly, unambiguous
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,732
- The most common German nouns#1,145
- German B1 vocabulary#879
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#302
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.