zweite
Meaning in English: second
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Die zweite Tür links ist das Bad.
The second door on the left is the bathroom.
Forms of zweite in the top 5,000
These forms of zweite are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Wir wohnen im zweiten Stock.
We live on the second floor.
How common is zweite?
zweite is number 657 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 136 times per million words — about once every 7,300 words. Its most frequent form is zweiten (#342).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% 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
- 653erstmalsfor the first time
- 654erfolgreichsuccessful(ly)
- 655die Handhand
- 656Gästeguests
- 657zweitesecond
- 658die Gesundheithealth; bless you!
- 659bringtbrings
- 660Fansfans
- 661hältholds; stops; keeps
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#657
- The 5,000 most common German words#657
- The most common German adjectives#78
- German A1 vocabulary#299
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.