# du

**Part of speech:** PRON  
**Frequency rank:** #8 most common German word  
**Language:** German

The informal singular "you", used with friends, family, children, and peers. Choosing between du and the formal Sie is one of the first social decisions in German — du signals closeness or informality.

## Meanings

- **you (one person, informal)** — For people you address on a first-name basis. Its verb form usually ends in -st (du kommst, du hast).

## Forms

du

## Nearby words by frequency

- [sein](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/sein)
- [ich](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/ich)
- [sie](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/sie)
- [ein](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/ein)
- [nicht](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/nicht)
- [haben](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/haben)
- [und](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/und)
- [es](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/es)
- [zu](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/zu)
- [in](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/in)
- [er](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/er)
- [wir](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/wir)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/de/du](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/du) — MostSpoken German frequency dictionary.