German reference

German food vocabulary

29 words with English translations. 15 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
15in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
das Brotbread#1836 0.003% of speech
der Käsecheese#2096 0.002% of speech
die Milchmilk#1523 0.004% of speech
das Fleischmeat#1231 0.005% of speech
der Fischfish#1062 0.006% of speech
das Hähnchenchickenoutside the top 5,000
das Eiegg#2056 0.003% of speech
der Reisriceoutside the top 5,000
die Bohnenbeansoutside the top 5,000
die Suppesoup#2230 0.002% of speech
der Apfelapple#3839 0.001% of speech
die Bananebananaoutside the top 5,000
die Orangeorange#4444 0.001% of speech
die Traubegrapeoutside the top 5,000
die Erdbeerestrawberryoutside the top 5,000
die Zitronelemonoutside the top 5,000
die Karottecarrotoutside the top 5,000
die Kartoffelpotato#3925 0.001% of speech
die Tomatetomatooutside the top 5,000
die Zwiebelonionoutside the top 5,000
der Kopfsalatlettuceoutside the top 5,000
der Maiscornoutside the top 5,000
das Öloiloutside the top 5,000
der Zuckersugar#2149 0.002% of speech
das Salzsalt#3519 0.001% of speech
der Pfefferpepperoutside the top 5,000
die Schokoladechocolate#2380 0.002% of speech
das Eisice cream#1153 0.006% of speech
der Kuchencake#1416 0.004% of speech

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