Vocabulary · Feminine nouns
German Nouns with "die" (Feminine), Words 841–900
Words 841 to 900 of 3,609, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
- dieMeisterschaft mastery; championship
- dieWürde dignity
- dieUni uni; university; unicolour, single-colour
- dieRessource resource, reserve (means, material that one can use)
- dieFeier celebration; party
- dieWährung currency, bank notes and cents, die Münzen und Banknoten
- dieBeste best (female person)
- dieEile hurry
- dieWarnung warning
- dieSpannung voltage; tension
- dieErhöhung increase, elevation, rise, increment; enhancement
- dieVerbreitung spreading, dissemination; sale, selling, distribution
- dieAuseinandersetzung altercation; controversy; argument, dispute, debate; examination, analysis (mit of)
- dieExzellenz Excellency (form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries)
- dieErkenntnis realization, recognition, insight, perception; judgment, court decision, court ruling
- dieUnterlage something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include; an underlay, a…
- dieRevolution revolution
- dieFinanzkrise financial crisis
- dieBibel Bible, bible
- dieKopie a copy, the result of copying something, a duplicate
- dieVerteilung distribution
- dieNationalmannschaft national sports team
- dieKonjunktur current economic situation, current trend in the business or trade cycle; conjunction,…
- dieNutte whore; prostitute
- dieErholung recovery, convalescence; recreation
- diePleite bankruptcy; flop, failure
- dieTrennung separation, parting; breakup
- dieLücke gap, lacuna
- dieMunition ammunition, munition
- dieSünde sin
- dieStruktur structure
- dieUnbekannte unknown
- dieFlüchtlingspolitik politics of refugee policies
- dieFahrbahn lane (of traffic in a road); roadway, carriageway
- dieStaatsanleihe government bond, state bond, sovereign bond
- dieLegende legend (story); legend (legendary person)
- dieLandwirtschaft agriculture
- dieLast load, burden
- dieSpielzeit season
- dieNeuerung innovation
- dieVerfassung constitution; condition, state
- dieÜberwachung surveillance, monitoring
- dieStille stillness, silence
- dieAsche ash; ashes; money
- dieVorlage source material, original, inspiration (the material that is adapted into a piece of…
- dieÜbung practice (degree of being used to and proficient in some activity); practice; exercise;…
- dieSchwäche weakness
- dieQuote a quota; share, proportion
- dieFlotte fleet
- dieDienstleistung service, provision of services
- dieRendite yield, return (of a capital investment)
- dieAusrede excuse
- dieDNA DNA, synonym of Desoxyribonukleinsäure
- dieZuwanderung immigration
- dieErweiterung extension, expansion; addon/add-on
- dieLieferung delivery, shipment
- dieKnarre ratchet, gragger, noisemaker; a gun, especially a pistol
- dieHandschelle handcuff, shackle (for the hands)
- dieBox box (cuboid container); but not as widely used as in English in formal language, perhaps…
- diePerspektive perspective; prospects
Common questions
How do I know when a German noun takes "die"?
Endings are the most reliable signal: -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei and -ur are feminine almost without exception, as are most nouns ending in -e. Beyond that, learn the article with the noun rather than guessing.
How many German nouns are feminine?
In this 9,060-noun CEFR list, 3,609 take die, about 40%. Across German as a whole the split is roughly 46% die, 34% der and 20% das, so die is a common case.
Do I really have to memorise the gender?
Yes, and it is easier if you never store the bare noun. Say and write "die Frage", not "Frage". The article then comes back as part of the word rather than as a separate decision. The article drill in the practice section tests exactly this.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.