1000 Most Common German Words

This page continues the list of most common German words along with their English translation. By now, you should have learned the first 400 most frequent German words. Please, see the index of most common words at the bottom of this page to access other parts of the frequency list.

Most Used German words 301-400

Rank  German word   English translation Part of speech
301. hatten    
302. Jahre    
303. Mach    
304. Bruder    
305. Sache    
306. hören    
307. Sohn    
308. seit    
309. Morgen    
310. drei    
311. steht    
312. Scheiße    
313. mag    
314. sei (you) be; (I) am [said to be], (he/she/it) is [said to be] (1st- and 3rd-person singular subjunctive I, and imperative singular of "sein")  
315. gib give (imperative singular of "geben") verb
316. konnte (I/he/she/it) could (1st- and 3rd-person singular preterite of "können")  
317. habt to have (imperative plural, and 2nd-person plural present of "haben")  
318. einmal    
319. heißt    
320. OK    
321. Kopf    
322. Hilfe    
323. Familie    
324. Baby    
325. Dich    
326. Sind    
327. erst    
328. fertig    
329. gefunden    
330. seid (we/they/you all) are; (you) be (2nd-person plural present and imperative plural of "sein")  
331. kam    
332. nehmen    
333. Alte old man, old woman, old lady noun
334. morgen    
335. sprechen    
336. sofort    
337. allein alone, by oneself, on one's own (adjective); alone (adverb); but, however (conjunction) adjective, adverb, conjunction
338. Hat    
339. Jahren    
340. Kind    
341. seinen    
342. Genau    
343. daran    
344. Junge    
345. Minuten    
346. bevor    
347. Stadt    
348. beim    
349. sterben    
350. warst (you) were (2nd-person singular preterite of "sein")  
351. Recht    
352. glauben    
353. Warte    
354. darüber    
355. deiner    
356. lhre    
357. deinem    
358. Ende    
359. He    
360. Dinge    
361. Namen    
362. wahr    
363. Natürlich    
364. töten    
365. Nichts nobody, nothingness, void, zero noun
366. bekommen    
367. Männer men, males, husbands (nominative/genitive/accusative plural form of "Mann") noun
368. vergessen    
369. dazu    
370. gab gave (1st- and 3rd-person singular preterite of "geben") verb
371. später    
372. Art kind, sort, type, species, way  
373. wusste (I/he/she/it) knew (1st- and 3rd-person singular preterite of "wissen") verb
374. Augen    
375. Dank    
376. Freunde    
377. halten    
378. Jungs    
379. warten    
380. Glück    
381. beide    
382. gute    
383. Dein    
384. kennen    
385. 'n    
386. Hi    
387. Dr    
388. Auto    
389. sage (I) say, tell (1st-person singular present; 1st- and 3rd-person singular subjunctive I; imperative singular of "sagen") verb
390. gehe (I) go, am going; go (1st-person singular present; 1st- and 3rd-person singular subjunctive I; imperative singular of "gehen") verb
391. komme    
392. Dir    
393. mache to make, do (1st-person singular present; imperative singular; 1st- and 3rd-person singular subjunctive I of "machen")  
394. Von    
395. Uhr    
396. sehe    
397. Teufel    
398. sonst    
399. gern    
400. Liebe    

Index of most common German words

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