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German travel vocabulary

29 words with English translations. 17 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.

29words
17in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
der Flughafenairport#1607 0.004% of speech
das Flugzeugaircraft#1029 0.007% of speech
der Flugflight#1397 0.004% of speech
das Ticketticket#3889 0.001% of speech
das Gepäckbaggage#2392 0.002% of speech
der Koffersuitcase#1430 0.004% of speech
der Rucksackbackpack#4880 0.001% of speech
der Reisepasspassportoutside the top 5,000
das Visumvisa#4521 0.001% of speech
der Zollcustoms#3514 0.001% of speech
die Sicherheitskontrollesecurityoutside the top 5,000
das Terminalterminaloutside the top 5,000
das Gategateoutside the top 5,000
das Boardingboardingoutside the top 5,000
die Verspätungdelay#4569 0.001% of speech
die Zwischenlandungstopoveroutside the top 5,000
das Reisezieldestinationoutside the top 5,000
die Reiserouteitineraryoutside the top 5,000
die Ankunftarrival#4088 0.001% of speech
die Abfahrtdepartureoutside the top 5,000
der Sitzplatzseatoutside the top 5,000
das Fensterwindow#787 0.009% of speech
der Gangaisle#1466 0.004% of speech
das Taxicab#1242 0.005% of speech
der Zugtrain#856 0.009% of speech
der Busbus#1245 0.005% of speech
die U-Bahnsubwayoutside the top 5,000
das Bootboat#919 0.008% of speech
die Kartemapoutside the top 5,000

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