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German days, months and dates

30 words with English translations. 24 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
24in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
der Tagdayoutside the top 5,000
die Wocheweek#416 0.024% of speech
der Monatmonth#822 0.009% of speech
das Jahryear#384 0.025% of speech
das Datumdateoutside the top 5,000
heutetoday#127 0.111% of speech
morgentomorrow#155 0.081% of speech
gesternyesterday#392 0.025% of speech
vorgesternthe day before yesterdayoutside the top 5,000
übermorgenthe day after tomorrowoutside the top 5,000
MontagMonday#1767 0.003% of speech
DienstagTuesday#2223 0.002% of speech
MittwochWednesday#2855 0.002% of speech
DonnerstagThursday#2270 0.002% of speech
FreitagFriday#1572 0.004% of speech
SamstagSaturday#1732 0.003% of speech
SonntagSunday#1664 0.003% of speech
JanuarJanuary#2576 0.004% of speech
FebruarFebruary#2586 0.004% of speech
MärzMarchoutside the top 5,000
AprilApril#2116 0.002% of speech
MaiMay#2522 0.006% of speech
JuniJune#2549 0.005% of speech
JuliJuly#2538 0.005% of speech
AugustAugustoutside the top 5,000
SeptemberSeptember#2523 0.006% of speech
OktoberOctober#2550 0.005% of speech
NovemberNovember#2535 0.005% of speech
DezemberDecember#2571 0.004% of speech
der Geburtstagbirthday#945 0.007% of speech

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