Vokabahn

der

A1 Article / Pronoun frequency rank #1

What der means

Article

  1. the (masculine nominative singular definite article)

Pronoun

  1. who; that; which
  2. that
  3. him, he (in informal speech not necessarily emphasizing anything)
  4. the one, him

Forms

Article · Nom.: der / die / das / die · Akk.: den / die / das / die · Dat.: dem / der / dem / den | Pronoun · der (masc., nom.); die (fem., nom.); das (neut., nom.); dessen (masc., gen.); deren (fem., gen.); derer (fem., gen.); dem (masc., dat.); denen (dat., plural)

Pronunciation

der in a sentence

Der Bus kommt in fünf Minuten.

The bus arrives in five minutes.

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der is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #1 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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