Most Frequent Nouns

Frequency ranking of common nouns (STTS tag NN) in the Songkorpus, aggregated by lemma so that all inflected forms — singular, plural, and case variants — count together. The table lists the 200 most frequent noun lemmas per archive view, ranked by occurrence count. Use the column headers to re-sort, and the archive selector to compare individual archives.

Linguistic Insights

Core semantic domains of German song

The most frequent noun lemmas cluster into a small set of recurring semantic fields: existence and time (Leben, Zeit, Tag, Nacht, Jahr), affect and relationship (Liebe, Herz, Mann, Baby), body and self (Kopf, Hand, Auge), and material world (Welt, Geld, Straße, Haus). The prominence of Leben and of Baby and Geld near the top captures something characteristic of the genre: an existential-emotional core overlaid with the vocabulary of intimacy and material life.

Archive-specific noun profiles

Switching between archive views reveals different noun hierarchies. At least some singer-songwriter archives foreground abstract and political nouns: Welt, Mensch, Krieg, Freiheit, Demokratie. The HipHop archive instead elevates nouns of status, money, and milieu: Geld, Rap, Straße, Bruder, Block, Cash. Because the ranking depends on archive size, top frequencies in the smallest archives rest on relatively few occurrences and should be read as indicative rather than exact.

Most frequent nouns – Full Corpus (all archives)

Lemma (common nouns, NN) Absolute Frequency Share of nouns
Leben9,5100.010875
Tag9,1560.010470
Zeit9,1300.010441
Welt7,7550.008868
Nacht7,3810.008440
Mann7,0530.008065
Liebe6,2000.007090
Baby5,1530.005893
Herz5,1420.005880
Geld5,0500.005775
Kopf4,8630.005561
Jahr4,7920.005480
Hand4,5580.005212
Weg4,3390.004962
Auge4,3340.004956
Bruder4,1470.004742
Haus3,8580.004412
Straße3,8380.004389
Frau3,7190.004253
Kind3,5560.004066
Freund3,5210.004026
Mensch3,4970.003999
Traum3,4910.003992
Stadt3,3240.003801
Gott3,0930.003537
Leute2,9310.003352
Rapper2,8550.003265
Sonne2,6550.003036
Wort2,6070.002981
Ende2,5000.002859
Angst2,4410.002791
Glück2,3880.002731
Licht2,3680.002708
Lied2,3530.002691
Gesicht2,3200.002653
Scheiß2,3090.002640
Rap2,3030.002634
Himmel2,2460.002568
Mama2,2290.002549
Junge2,2190.002538
Fick2,1510.002460
Name2,0450.002339
Mal2,0190.002309
Land2,0020.002289
Mutter1,9880.002273
Mädchen1,8940.002166
Gang1,8870.002158
Blick1,8750.002144
Blut1,8270.002089
Block1,8240.002086
Ding1,7490.002000
Stern1,6810.001922
Problem1,6700.001910
Jung1,6230.001856
Arsch1,5950.001824
Schein1,5800.001807
Wind1,5350.001755
Krieg1,5080.001724
Vater1,4990.001714
Scheiße1,4820.001695
Gefühl1,4740.001686
Grund1,4600.001670
Luft1,4330.001639
Musik1,4200.001624
Bett1,4190.001623
Stein1,4180.001622
Wand1,4100.001612
Tür1,4070.001609
Sinn1,4040.001606
Uhr1,3930.001593
Seele1,3770.001575
Ziel1,3530.001547
Gold1,3460.001539
Platz1,3390.001531
Plan1,3320.001523
Frage1,3130.001501
Party1,2920.001477
Tod1,2860.001471
Glas1,2850.001469
Meer1,2630.001444
Club1,2610.001442
Dicka1,2240.001400
Feind1,2000.001372
Träne1,1970.001369
Arm1,1900.001361
Feuer1,1870.001357
Bulle1,1750.001344
Spiel1,1700.001338
Sache1,1690.001337
Bild1,1610.001328
Morgen1,1530.001319
Haar1,1490.001314
Rest1,1360.001299
Lauf1,1330.001296
Digga1,1280.001290
Schmerz1,1270.001289
Song1,1170.001277
Wasser1,1080.001267
Spaß1,1080.001267
Erde1,0980.001256
Hund1,0950.001252
Abend1,0900.001246
Seite1,0710.001225
Fenster1,0690.001222
Sex1,0500.001201
Stimme1,0440.001194
Tasche1,0390.001188
Mund1,0350.001184
Boden1,0300.001178
Fan9840.001125
Kugel9840.001125
Typ9600.001098
Flasche9590.001097
Rauch9560.001093
Stunde9490.001085
Film9490.001085
Teil9480.001084
Nummer9420.001077
Million9400.001075
Gangster9360.001070
Fall9330.001067
Herr9180.001050
Nase9180.001050
Hass9180.001050
Zukunft9170.001049
Auto9150.001046
Ghetto9060.001036
Haut9040.001034
Wolke9030.001033
Sohn9020.001031
Jungs9000.001029
Beat8910.001019
Bier8830.001010
Text8820.001009
Bitch8730.000998
Sommer8700.000995
Fresse8590.000982
Papa8590.000982
Schatten8570.000980
Mond8550.000978
Teufel8530.000975
Gedanke8500.000972
Ohr8410.000962
Kette8400.000961
Album8370.000957
Dreck8250.000943
Stück8240.000942
Stress8240.000942
Kraft8200.000938
Eis8200.000938
Wahrheit8130.000930
Fuß8110.000927
Bar8060.000922
Wein8030.000918
Frieden8020.000917
Hoffnung8020.000917
Engel7980.000913
Star7950.000909
Gras7950.000909
Kreis7910.000905
Alter7880.000901
Bein7780.000890
Tisch7760.000887
Schwanz7730.000884
Schule7690.000879
Droge7690.000879
Hose7630.000873
Waffe7620.000871
Moment7600.000869
Schlaf7590.000868
Zug7580.000867
Farbe7540.000862
Richtung7540.000862
Zimmer7520.000860
Finger7510.000859
Knast7420.000849
Wagen7380.000844
Chance7360.000842
Fehler7270.000831
Macht7250.000829
Gegend7240.000828
Freiheit7230.000827
Schritt7200.000823
Runde7140.000816
Sitz7070.000808
Preis7010.000802
Tanz6970.000797
Grad6960.000796
Fotze6890.000788
Bank6870.000786
Bock6830.000781
Job6750.000772
Woche6730.000770
Kohle6690.000765
Schuh6660.000762
Anfang6640.000759
Hurensohn6630.000758
Ruhe6590.000754
Erfolg6550.000749
Brust6540.000748

Click any column header to sort. Default order: descending absolute frequency. Frequency counts all NN-tagged token occurrences; lemmatisation aggregates inflected forms (e.g. Mann, Mannes, Männer count together).

These analyses are based on corpus data as of July 29, 2026.