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The 300 most common nouns in Russian 🇷🇺
Russian nouns ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.
| # | Russian | English | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | год | year | |
| 2 | человек | person, human being, man | |
| 3 | время | time | |
| 4 | день | day, daytime | |
| 5 | жизнь | life | |
| 6 | дело | affair, matter, concern | |
| 7 | раз | time | |
| 8 | работа | work | |
| 9 | вопрос | question | |
| 10 | рука | hand | |
| 11 | город | city, town | |
| 12 | слово | word, term | |
| 13 | место | place | |
| 14 | ребенок | Alternative spelling of ребёнок | |
| 15 | друг | close friend | |
| 16 | мир | peace | |
| 17 | случай | case | |
| 18 | сторона | side, hand, party | |
| 19 | глаз | eye | |
| 20 | дом | house, building | |
| 21 | страна | country | |
| 22 | сила | strength | |
| 23 | лицо | face | |
| 24 | часть | part | |
| 25 | женщина | woman | |
| 26 | система | system | |
| 27 | вид | look, looks, appearance, air | |
| 28 | голова | head | |
| 29 | проблема | problem | |
| 30 | конец | end | |
| 31 | отношение | attitude | |
| 32 | перед | front, forepart | |
| 33 | образ | shape, form | |
| 34 | деньги | money | |
| 35 | час | hour, o'clock, time, time of day | |
| 36 | земля | earth | |
| 37 | книга | book | |
| 38 | возможность | opportunity, chance, potential | |
| 39 | компания | company | |
| 40 | история | history, story | |
| 41 | результат | effect, result, return, outcome | |
| 42 | право | right, claim | |
| 43 | группа | group | |
| 44 | путь | way, path, road | |
| 45 | машина | car, motor vehicle | |
| 46 | война | war, warfare | |
| 47 | имя | name, first name, Christian name, given name ) | |
| 48 | ответ | answer, reply, response | |
| 49 | вода | water | |
| 50 | решение | decision, solution, answer | |
| 51 | бог | God | |
| 52 | язык | tongue | |
| 53 | народ | people | |
| 54 | власть | authority, authorities, power | |
| 55 | уровень | level, standard, amount | |
| 56 | ночь | night, nighttime | |
| 57 | пора | time | |
| 58 | развитие | development, growth, progress | |
| 59 | программа | program/programme | |
| 60 | начало | beginning, commencement, onset, start | |
| 61 | дверь | door | |
| 62 | момент | moment | |
| 63 | закон | law | |
| 64 | число | number | |
| 65 | цель | goal, target, aim, end, object | |
| 66 | отец | father | |
| 67 | правда | truth | |
| 68 | нога | leg | |
| 69 | помощь | help, assistance, aid | |
| 70 | информация | information | |
| 71 | тысяча | one thousand ruble banknote | |
| 72 | месяц | month | |
| 73 | минута | minute | |
| 74 | процесс | process | |
| 75 | ситуация | situation | |
| 76 | автор | author | |
| 77 | форма | form, shape | |
| 78 | голос | voice | |
| 79 | мысль | thought | |
| 80 | свет | light | туши́ свет, броса́й грана́ту!tuší svet, brosáj granátu! |
| 81 | качество | quality | |
| 82 | школа | school | |
| 83 | действие | action, activity | |
| 84 | мужчина | man | |
| 85 | область | region, oblast, province | |
| 86 | внимание | attention | |
| 87 | дорога | road | |
| 88 | связь | tie, relation, bond, contact | |
| 89 | взгляд | glance, look | |
| 90 | условие | condition | |
| 91 | любовь | love | |
| 92 | игра | game | |
| 93 | организация | organization, arrangement | |
| 94 | средство | means, facility | |
| 95 | душа | soul | |
| 96 | тело | body | |
| 97 | общество | society | |
| 98 | жена | wife | |
| 99 | государство | State | |
| 100 | письмо | letter | |
| 101 | состояние | state, status, condition | |
| 102 | вечер | evening | |
| 103 | смысл | sense, meaning | |
| 104 | мера | A dry measure approximately equal to one pood of seeds, usually equated with the chetverik, standardized in 1902 as 26.239 liters. | |
| 105 | семья | family | |
| 106 | вещь | thing, object | |
| 107 | причина | cause | |
| 108 | утро | morning | |
| 109 | мать | mother | |
| 110 | рынок | marketplace, market | |
| 111 | девушка | girl, lass | |
| 112 | тема | theme, subject, topic | |
| 113 | стол | table | |
| 114 | проект | project | |
| 115 | улица | street | |
| 116 | точка | period, dot, full stop | |
| 117 | центр | center, centre | |
| 118 | неделя | week | |
| 119 | идея | idea, thought, notion | |
| 120 | комната | room | |
| 121 | цена | price, cost | |
| 122 | сын | son | |
| 123 | деятельность | activity | |
| 124 | правило | rule | |
| 125 | движение | movement, motion, stirring | |
| 126 | мама | mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom | |
| 127 | задача | problem | |
| 128 | количество | quantity, number, amount | |
| 129 | чувство | sense, feeling | |
| 130 | смерть | death | |
| 131 | мнение | opinion | |
| 132 | труд | work, labor/labour | |
| 133 | порядок | order | |
| 134 | пример | example, instance | |
| 135 | положение | position, location | |
| 136 | век | century | |
| 137 | муж | husband | |
| 138 | речь | speech, language | |
| 139 | план | plan , scheme | |
| 140 | совет | advice, counsel | |
| 141 | стена | wall | |
| 142 | окно | window | |
| 143 | опыт | experience | |
| 144 | тип | type, model | |
| 145 | интерес | interest | |
| 146 | сердце | heart | |
| 147 | управление | administration, direction | |
| 148 | данные | data, facts, information | |
| 149 | наука | science | |
| 150 | сообщение | report, communication, message | |
| 151 | газета | newspaper | |
| 152 | материал | material, stuff | |
| 153 | роль | role, part | |
| 154 | армия | army, armed forces | |
| 155 | рабочий | worker | |
| 156 | президент | president | |
| 157 | событие | event, occurrence, incident | |
| 158 | большинство | majority, most | |
| 159 | бизнес | business | |
| 160 | правительство | government, administration, cabinet | |
| 161 | глава | head, top, summit | |
| 162 | член | limb | |
| 163 | суд | court | |
| 164 | рубль | ruble, rouble | |
| 165 | фильм | film, movie | |
| 166 | счет | Alternative spelling of счёт | |
| 167 | культура | culture | |
| 168 | текст | text, wording | |
| 169 | документ | document, paper | |
| 170 | принцип | principle | |
| 171 | разговор | talk, conversation | |
| 172 | телефон | telephone | |
| 173 | способ | method, means, manner, mode, way | |
| 174 | течение | current, flow, stream | |
| 175 | пол | floor | |
| 176 | родитель | parent | |
| 177 | ряд | row, line, tier | |
| 178 | метр | meter/metre | |
| 179 | сайт | website, site | |
| 180 | партия | party | |
| 181 | образование | formation | |
| 182 | период | period | |
| 183 | пара | pair, couple | |
| 184 | квартира | apartment, flat | |
| 185 | значение | significance, meaning, sense | |
| 186 | основа | basis, foundation, base | |
| 187 | желание | wish, desire | |
| 188 | номер | nominal number | |
| 189 | изменение | change, modification, alteration | |
| 190 | очередь | queue, line | |
| 191 | политика | politics | |
| 192 | класс | class | |
| 193 | факт | fact | |
| 194 | брат | brother | |
| 195 | производство | production, manufacture | |
| 196 | создание | creation | |
| 197 | район | district | |
| 198 | предприятие | enterprise, business, undertaking | |
| 199 | ход | motion, movement, travel, progress, locomotion, headway | |
| 200 | небо | sky | |
| 201 | направление | direction, orientation | |
| 202 | встреча | meeting, encounter | |
| 203 | шаг | step | |
| 204 | команда | command, order | |
| 205 | поле | field, ground | |
| 206 | исследование | research, study | |
| 207 | мальчик | boy | |
| 208 | метод | method, procedure | |
| 209 | повод | rein, bridle, bridle-rein | |
| 210 | рост | growth | |
| 211 | сон | sleep | |
| 212 | служба | service | |
| 213 | население | population, inhabitants | |
| 214 | воздух | air | |
| 215 | кровь | blood | |
| 216 | зрение | sight, vision | |
| 217 | врач | therapist, not surgeon, not hospital nurse | |
| 218 | знание | knowledge, erudition | |
| 219 | использование | use, usage | |
| 220 | палец | finger or toe | |
| 221 | орган | organ | |
| 222 | доллар | dollar | |
| 223 | название | name, appellation, title | |
| 224 | участие | participation, collaboration, complicity | |
| 225 | род | generation, birth, origin, stock, family, race, tribe, lineage | |
| 226 | девочка | girl, little girl | |
| 227 | море | sea | |
| 228 | природа | nature | |
| 229 | магазин | shop, store | |
| 230 | память | memory | |
| 231 | объект | object | |
| 232 | свобода | freedom, liberty | |
| 233 | продукт | product | |
| 234 | борьба | struggle, fight, conflict, combat | |
| 235 | предмет | object | |
| 236 | представитель | representative | |
| 237 | плечо | shoulder | |
| 238 | музыка | music | |
| 239 | самолет | Alternative spelling of самолёт | |
| 240 | позиция | position | |
| 241 | герой | hero | |
| 242 | характер | character, temper, disposition | |
| 243 | размер | size, dimension, measure, amount | |
| 244 | срок | period, span | |
| 245 | институт | institute | |
| 246 | сеть | net , mesh | |
| 247 | солнце | sun | |
| 248 | союз | union | |
| 249 | дух | spirit | |
| 250 | интернет | the Internet | |
| 251 | лес | forest, woods | |
| 252 | журнал | magazine, periodical, journal | |
| 253 | степень | degree, extent | |
| 254 | территория | territory | |
| 255 | март | March | |
| 256 | успех | success, progress | |
| 257 | искусство | art | |
| 258 | участник | participant, participator | |
| 259 | парень | fellow, lad, chap, guy, bloke, boy | |
| 260 | гость | guest, visitor | |
| 261 | вариант | version, revision, edition | |
| 262 | предложение | offer | |
| 263 | судьба | destiny, fate, doom, fortune, predestination | |
| 264 | директор | manager, director, principal, headmaster | |
| 265 | песня | song | |
| 266 | выбор | choice | |
| 267 | модель | model | |
| 268 | река | river, stream | |
| 269 | фирма | firm, company | |
| 270 | гражданин | citizen, national | |
| 271 | товарищ | comrade, friend | |
| 272 | сознание | consciousness | |
| 273 | картина | picture | |
| 274 | апрель | April | |
| 275 | источник | spring | |
| 276 | граница | border, boundary, bounds, confines, frontier | |
| 277 | половина | half, moiety | |
| 278 | операция | operation | |
| 279 | оценка | valuation, appraisal, feedback | |
| 280 | огонь | fire | |
| 281 | специалист | specialist, expert | |
| 282 | главное | the main thing, the essentials | |
| 283 | собака | dog | |
| 284 | компьютер | computer | |
| 285 | технология | technology | |
| 286 | дерево | tree | |
| 287 | выход | going out, coming out, leaving, departure, withdrawal | |
| 288 | гора | mountain | |
| 289 | корабль | ship, liner | |
| 290 | берег | bank, shore, coast, beach | |
| 291 | литература | literature | |
| 292 | сотрудник | collaborator | |
| 293 | среда | Wednesday | |
| 294 | бой | beating, breakage | |
| 295 | зал | hall | |
| 296 | войско | army, host | |
| 297 | структура | structure | |
| 298 | защита | defense, protection, advocacy | |
| 299 | начальник | chief, boss, superior, master, principal, commander | |
| 300 | бумага | paper |