1000 Most Common German Words

The 1,000 most common German words, ranked by frequency: the workhorse vocabulary every learner needs. 998 here, with swear words held back for their own chapter.

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998 words

#	Freq	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Qualifications
1	1	ichI	I	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
2	2	sieshe, her; they, them; you (formal, Sie)	she, her; they, them; you (formal, Sie)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
3	3	dasthe (neuter); that, this	the (neuter); that, this	article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
4	4	seinto be	to be	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
5	5	duyou (singular, informal)	you (singular, informal)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
6	6	nichtnot	not	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
7	7	diethe (feminine singular; plural); who, which	the (feminine singular; plural); who, which	article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
8	8	esit	it	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
9	9	undand	and	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
10	10	derthe (masculine); who, that	the (masculine); who, that	article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
11	11	wirwe	we	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
12	12	waswhat	what	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
13	13	zuto, towards; too; shut	to, towards; too; shut	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
14	14	erhe	he	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
15	15	eina, an; one	a, an; one	article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
16	16	inin; into	in; into	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
17	17	jayes; indeed, you know (particle)	yes; indeed, you know (particle)	interjection	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
18	18	mitwith; by (means of)	with; by (means of)	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
19	19	wiehow; like, as	how; like, as	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
20	20	aufon, onto; open	on, onto; open	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
21	21	dassthat (conjunction)	that (conjunction)	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
22	22	aberbut; really (particle)	but; really (particle)	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
23	23	soso, such; like this, that way	so, such; like this, that way	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
24	24	habento have	to have	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
25	25	hierhere	here	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
26	26	fürfor	for	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
27	27	vonfrom; of; by	from; of; by	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
28	28	wennif; when, whenever	if; when, whenever	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
29	29	ihryou (plural, informal); to her; her, their; Ihr: your (formal)	you (plural, informal); to her; her, their; Ihr: your (formal)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
30	30	neinno	no	interjection	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
31	31	anat, on; to; onto	at, on; to; onto	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
32	32	nochstill; yet; another	still; yet; another	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
33	33	nuronly, just	only, just	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
34	34	dathere; then; since, as	there; then; since, as	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
35	35	sichhimself, herself, itself, themselves; each other	himself, herself, itself, themselves; each other	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
36	36	könnento be able to, can; to know how to	to be able to, can; to know how to	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
37	37	gutgood; well	good; well	adjective	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
38	38	auchalso, too, as well; even	also, too, as well; even	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
39	39	schonalready; yet; all right (reassuring)	already; yet; all right (reassuring)	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
40	40	alswhen (single past event); than; as	when (single past event); than; as	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
41	41	jetztnow	now	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
42	42	dannthen, after that; in that case	then, after that; in that case	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
43	43	ausout of, from; off, over	out of, from; off, over	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
44	44	meinmy	my	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
45	45	umat (a time); around; in order to	at (a time); around; in order to	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
46	46	werdento become, to get; will (future auxiliary)	to become, to get; will (future auxiliary)	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
47	47	dochbut, however; yes I do (contradicting a negative); do (urging particle)	but, however; yes I do (contradicting a negative); do (urging particle)	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-higher
48	48	alleseverything, all	everything, all	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
49	49	wissento know (a fact)	to know (a fact)	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
50	50	keinno, not a, not any	no, not a, not any	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation