Top 500 Russian Nouns

This page continues the frequency list for 500 widely used Russian nouns and their English translations. The gender of each noun is marked as either masculine, neuter or feminine.

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Rank	Russian noun	English translation	Gender
401.	впечатление	impression, effect	neuter
402.	пауза	pause	feminine
403.	глубина	depth, intensity	feminine
404.	доллар	dollar	masculine
405.	сотня	a hundred	feminine
406.	студент	student	masculine
407.	очко	point, pip	neuter
408.	нож	knife	masculine
409.	предмет	object, item	masculine
410.	майор	major	masculine
411.	деятельность	activity, work, occupatioin	feminine
412.	инженер	engineer	masculine
413.	программа	program	feminine
414.	костюм	costume, suit	masculine
415.	театр	theater, play-house, the plays	masculine
416.	хвост	tail, end, queue	masculine
417.	танк	tank, container	masculine
418.	журнал	magazine, journal, periodical, diary	masculine
419.	конь	horse, knight (in chess)	masculine
420.	стихи	poetry, verses	plural, all genders
421.	степень	degree, extent, power (in mathematics)	feminine
422.	фигура	figure,	feminine
423.	ключ	key	masculine
424.	чёрт	devil	masculine
425.	вагон	carriage, coach	masculine
426.	культура	culture	feminine
427.	боец	fighter, private	masculine
428.	фильм	film, movie, cinema	masculine
429.	пыль	dust, spray	feminine
430.	труба	chimney, pipe, trumpet, horn	feminine
431.	масса	mass, a large amount, lots	feminine
432.	обстоятельство	circumstance, adverb (in grammar)	neuter
433.	штаб	staff, headquaters	masculine
434.	слух	hearing, rumour, hearsay	masculine
435.	линия	line	feminine
436.	лодка	boat	feminine
437.	даль	distance (in poetry), long way off	feminine
438.	председатель	chairman, president	masculine
439.	период	period, age	masculine
440.	организм	organism	masculine
441.	отдел	department, section	masculine
442.	весна	spring (season), springtime	feminine
443.	обед	lunch, dinner	masculine
444.	значение	meaning, significance, sense	neuter
445.	дно	bottom, ground	neuter
446.	фотография	photography, photo, picture	feminine
447.	успех	success	masculine
448.	сцена	stage, scene	feminine
449.	билет	ticket, fair	masculine
450.	состав	composition, structure; staff; train	masculine
451.	честь	honour, regard, respect	feminine
452.	смех	laughter	masculine
453.	СССР	USSR, Soviet Union	masculine, abbreviation of 'union'
454.	способ	method, way, mode	masculine
455.	зрение	sight, eyesight, vision	neuter
456.	запад	west, the West	masculine
457.	Германия	Germany	feminine
458.	население	population	neuter
459.	беда	misfortune, trouble	feminine
460.	еда	food, meal	feminine
461.	еврей	Jew, Hebrew	masculine
462.	министр	minister	masculine
463.	фирма	firm, company	feminine
464.	организация	organization	feminine
465.	принцип	principle	masculine
466.	направление	directon, trend	neuter
467.	мастер	master, expert	masculine
468.	ошибка	mistake, error	feminine
469.	высота	height	feminine
470.	существо	being, creature; essence	neuter
471.	мальчишка	urchin, boy	masculine
472.	Господь	God, the Lord	masculine
473.	США	USA	plural, all genders, abbreviation of 'states'
474.	камера	cell, chamber, camera	feminine
475.	победа	victory	feminine
476.	человечество	humanity, mankind	neuter
477.	фраза	phrase, sentence	feminine
478.	гот	Goth	masculine
479.	замок	lock (if stress falls on 'a'); castle (if stress falls on 'o')	masculine
480.	рынок	market, marketplace	masculine
481.	клуб	club	masculine
482.	кость	bone	feminine
483.	личность	personality, person	feminine
484.	столица	capital	feminine
485.	здоровье	health	neuter
486.	попытка	attempt, endeavour	feminine
487.	читатель	reader	masculine
488.	шутка	joke, trick, prank	feminine
489.	сотрудник	colloborator, employee, official	masculine
490.	родина	homeland, native land, home	feminine
491.	царь	tsar, czar, king, ruler	masculine
492.	страница	page	feminine
493.	скорость	speed	feminine
494.	зверь	wild animal, beast	masculine
495.	помочь	singular form of "leading strings" (stress falls on first 'o')	feminine
496.	размер	size, dimensions, rate, degree	masculine
497.	житель	inhabitant, resident, dweller	masculine
498.	секретарь	secretary	masculine
499.	Америка	America; United States	feminine
500.	сигарета	cigarette	feminine

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Note: The frequency list is adapted from the frequency dictionary for Russian by Serge Sharoff.

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