German reference

German technology vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 14 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
14in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
der Computercomputer#973 0.007% of speech
der Laptoplaptop#3996 0.001% of speech
die Tastaturkeyboardoutside the top 5,000
die Mausmouseoutside the top 5,000
der Bildschirmscreen#4331 0.001% of speech
der Monitormonitoroutside the top 5,000
der Druckerprinteroutside the top 5,000
das Telefonphone#523 0.017% of speech
das Handymobile#721 0.011% of speech
das Tablettabletoutside the top 5,000
die Kameracamera#1079 0.006% of speech
der Kopfhörerheadphonesoutside the top 5,000
der Lautsprecherspeakeroutside the top 5,000
das Mikrofonmicrophoneoutside the top 5,000
der Fernsehertelevision#1873 0.003% of speech
das Radioradio#1471 0.004% of speech
das Ladegerätchargeroutside the top 5,000
der Akkubattery#3992 0.001% of speech
die Steckdoseplugoutside the top 5,000
das Kabelcable#3725 0.001% of speech
das Internetinternet#2007 0.003% of speech
das WLANwifioutside the top 5,000
die Appapplicationoutside the top 5,000
die Softwaresoftware#3062 0.002% of speech
die Hardwarehardwareoutside the top 5,000
der Serverserver#3209 0.001% of speech
die Cloudcloudoutside the top 5,000
der Roboterrobot#2447 0.002% of speech
die Konsoleconsoleoutside the top 5,000
die Drohnedroneoutside the top 5,000

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