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German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

der Zweifel

Meaning in English: doubt(s)

Rank 2,214 of 5,000noun · derLevel B1
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Example

Ich habe keinen Zweifel, dass du das schaffst.

I have no doubt that you'll manage it.

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Zweifel is masculine: der Zweifel. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Zweifel?

Zweifel is number 2,214 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 41 times per million words — about once every 24,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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

  1. 2,210machtenmade, did (past)
  2. 2,211einfachersimpler, easier
  3. 2,212der Seelake (der); sea (die)
  4. 2,213Studiumsof (one's) studies (genitive)
  5. 2,214der Zweifeldoubt(s)
  6. 2,215ländlichenrural (inflected)
  7. 2,216das Verhältnisrelationship; ratio, proportion
  8. 2,217der Betreiberoperator(s)
  9. 2,218gewinntwins, gains

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