German reference

German household vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 19 of them appear in the 5,000 most common German words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

30words
19in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
der Tischtable#744 0.010% of speech
der Stuhlchair#1589 0.004% of speech
das Bettbed#2622 0.004% of speech
das Sofasofa#4298 0.001% of speech
die Lampelamp#4262 0.001% of speech
der Herdstoveoutside the top 5,000
der Kühlschrankrefrigerator#2319 0.002% of speech
die Mikrowellemicrowaveoutside the top 5,000
der Ofenoven#4354 0.001% of speech
die Waschmaschinewashing machineoutside the top 5,000
der Trocknerdryeroutside the top 5,000
die Spülesinkoutside the top 5,000
die Duscheshoweroutside the top 5,000
die Badewannebathtuboutside the top 5,000
die Toilettetoilet#1593 0.004% of speech
der Spiegelmirror#1817 0.003% of speech
das Fensterwindow#787 0.009% of speech
die Türdoor#329 0.030% of speech
der Vorhangcurtainoutside the top 5,000
der Teppichcarpet#4225 0.001% of speech
das Bildpictureoutside the top 5,000
die Uhrclock#305 0.033% of speech
das Regalshelf#4834 0.001% of speech
der Fernsehertelevision#1873 0.003% of speech
der Computercomputer#973 0.007% of speech
das Telefontelephone#523 0.017% of speech
der Ventilatorfanoutside the top 5,000
die Klimaanlageair conditioningoutside the top 5,000
das Lichtlight#634 0.013% of speech
die Treppestairs#1928 0.003% of speech

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