100 Most Common German Words

The 100 most common German words, ranked by frequency. Function words and the handful of verbs and nouns you will use in every conversation.

The words you will meet in almost every German sentence, so the first ones worth knowing cold. Drill all of them free, no account needed.

Drill this list

Stop losing your place in this list

Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.

Track these words free

Curriculum

100 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