der Zug
Meaning in English: train
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Der Zug fährt um acht Uhr ab.
The train leaves at eight o'clock.
Der, die or das?
Zug is masculine: der Zug. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Zug in the top 5,000
These forms of Zug are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Im Zuge des Umbaus wird die Küche erneuert.
As part of the renovation the kitchen will be redone.
Wegen des Streiks fahren heute keine Züge.
Because of the strike there are no trains today.
How common is Zug?
Zug is number 1,932 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 47 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words. Its most frequent form is Zuge (#1,502).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% 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
- 1,928passendesuitable, matching
- 1,929entscheidenddecisive, crucial
- 1,930fuhrdrove, went
- 1,931die Rechnungbill, invoice
- 1,932der Zugtrain
- 1,933Verantwortlichenthose responsible, people in charge
- 1,934begeistertenthusiastic, thrilled
- 1,935Ausgabenexpenses, spending; editions
- 1,936praktischepractical
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,932
- The most common German nouns#765
- German A1 vocabulary#522
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#202
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.