Word Frequency in German
Worthäufigkeit
The Top 100 German Words
The Most Important German Words
Ranked by Frequency of Use (51-100)
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The words in this list are taken from German newspapers, magazines and other online publications in German. For more about how these words were selected and ranked, see Part 1 and the Introduction to The German Top 1000.
| Top 100 German Words (51-100) Ranked by frequency of use German Reading Vocabulary |
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| Rank | Word | Comment/Link |
| 51 | wir | "we" - See Personal Pronouns |
| 52 | soll (sollen, sollte, etc.) | "should, ought to" Modal Verbs: sollen |
| 53 | ich | Obviously "ich" (I) would rank higher for spoken German, but it also ranks high in print. |
| 54 | Jahr (das, Jahren, Jahres, etc.) | "year" |
| 55 | zwei | "two" - See Numbers - Part 1 |
| 56 | diese (dieser, dieses, etc.) | "this, these" - dieser-word |
| 57 | wieder | "again" (adv.) |
| 58 | Uhr | Most frequently used as "o'clock" in telling time. |
| 59 | will (wollen, willst, etc.) | "wants" ("to want, want," etc.) Modal Verbs: sollen |
| 60 | zwischen | "between" See Two-Way Prepositions |
| 61 | immer | "always" (adv.) |
| 62 | Millionen (eine Million) | "millions" ("a/one million") See Numbers - Part 2 |
| 63 | was | "what" |
| 64 | sagte (sagen, sagt) | "said" (past) "say, says" |
| 65 | gibt (es gibt; geben) | "gives" ("there is/are; to give") |
| 66 | alle | "all, everyone" |
| 67 | seit | "since" See Dative Prepositions |
| 68 | muss (müssen) | "must" ("to have to, must") |
| 69 | doch | "but, nevertheless, after all" particle See 'Doch' ...and Other Tricky German Words |
| 70 | jetzt | "now" - adverb |
| 71 | drei | "three" - See Numbers - Part 1 |
| 72 | neue (neu, neuer, neuen, etc.) | "new" adjective |
| 73 | damit | "with it/that; by that; because of that; so that" da-compound (with preposition) |
| 74 | bereits | "already" adverb |
| 75 | da | "since, because" (prep.), "there, here" (adv.) |
| 76 | ab | "off, away; exit" (theater); "from, starting at" - adv./prep. |
| 77 | ohne | "without" - See Accusative Prepositions |
| 78 | sondern | "but rather" |
| 79 | selbst | "myself, himself," etc.; "self-; even (if)" |
| 80 | ersten (erste, erstes, etc.) | first - adverb See Numbers - Part 1 |
| 81 | nun | "now; then; well?" |
| 82 | etwa | "about, approximately; for instance" (adv.) |
| 83 | heute | "today, nowadays" (adv.) |
| 84 | weil | because - See Subordinating conjunctions |
| 85 | ihm | "to/for him" personal pronoun (dative) |
| 86 | Menschen (der Mensch) | "people" ("human being") |
| 87 | Deutschland (das) | "Germany" |
| 88 | anderen (andere, anderes, etc.) | "other(s)" |
| 89 | rund | "approximately, about" (adv.) |
| 90 | ihn | "him" personal pronoun (accusative) |
| 91 | Ende (das) | "end" |
| 92 | jedoch | "nevertheless" |
| 93 | Zeit (die) | "time" |
| 94 | uns | "us, to us" personal pronoun (accusative or dative) |
| 95 | Stadt (die) | "city, town" |
| 96 | geht (gehen, ging, etc.) | "goes" ("to go, went," etc.) |
| 97 | sehr | "very" |
| 98 | hier | "here" |
| 99 | ganz | "entire(ly), complete(ly), whole(ly)" |
| 100 | Berlin (das) | "Berlin" |
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