Topic · Business
German Business Vocabulary
227 German words tagged business, ordered by frequency and spanning A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2. The first entries appear as early as A1; the rest are specialist and sit higher up.
227
words
6
at A1
11
at A2
15
at B1
35
at B2
- dieAktie share, stock; legal claim
- derKumpel miner; buddy, mate, pal, friend, homeboy
- dasBuch book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit…
- tragen to carry, to bear (something on one's person); to bear, to carry (responsibility, blame,…
- derArm an arm; anything that resembles an arm
- derAnleger agent noun of anlegen; investor
- dasProdukt product
- dieBasis basis (foundation, principle); base
- derWechsel change; bill of exchange
- wirken to function, to be effective, to work; to appear, to seem
- derZins interest; tribute
- derPilot pilot (one who steers an aircraft); pilot of a bobsled
- dasLager place where one sleeps, such as a bed or a spot in a barn, etc.; lair of an animal (but…
- abholen to collect, pick up or fetch someone or something; to target (customers)
- dieOption option
- dasTop a casual women's shirt, often with very short sleeves; a top; top (of the highest…
- derKapitän captain; captain (medium-level officer rank)
- derWiderstand resistance (act of resisting, or the capacity to resist); resistance (physics: force…
- investieren to invest (time, money, etc.); to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)
- landen to land (to reach solid ground in an air, water or space vessel); to land (to make an…
- diePhase phase, stage, period; phase (one of the power-carrying conductors); line conductor
- bestellen to order (e.g. food at a restaurant, items for delivery); to order to come, to summon…
- derManchester synonym of Cord (“corduroy”); Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of…
- dasDisplay display (small screen on an electronic device such as a watch or mobile phone); display,…
- diePerformance performance; performance (the execution of a task or the yield of an investment)
- dasRevier defined area of land, principally used for hunting or foraging; grounds; hunting ground;…
- dieFörderung support, promotion, advancement (financial, moral, or emotional advancement).;…
- dieAnlage public green area, site, park, garden; attachment of a letter, document or email,
- dasKonto account; bank account
- derHolm rail, bar (on which to hold on to); spar
- derHaushalt household (collectively, all the persons who live in a given home); budget (itemized…
- dieRendite yield, return (of a capital investment)
- dieBox box (cuboid container); but not as widely used as in English in formal language, perhaps…
- dieSanierung renovation, redevelopment, refurbishment; rehabilitation, remediation
- derGeldgeber financial backer, sponsor, funder; donor (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieTara tare (the empty weight of a container)
- einsteigen to get in or on; to join
- dieMasse mass (quantity of matter); matter
- derEingang entrance (doorway or passageway into a building or other enclosed space); entrance…
- dieLaufzeit delay; run time
- putzen to clean, especially by rubbing with something wet, to brush (one's teeth); to groom…
- zulegen to add to, to put on; to put on, to gain (some unit of weight)
- derChip chip; chip (piece of plastic or metal used as a token for money, entrance tickets, etc.)
- dieDividende dividend
- anlegen to create; to put on (clothing, jewelry, etc.), to strap on
- dieStufe step, tread (of a stair or ladder); degree, stage, level, rank, phase
- dieDrohne drone (male bee); sponger, parasite
- dieAirline airline
- vorlegen to present, to submit; to serve (food) to put down, put out (cat food etc.)
- derSchuldenschnitt debt relief
- sprengen to blow up, to blast; to sprinkle
- dieSorte a sort, variety, grade of a good produced for sale or consumption; a sort, kind, type of…
- sportlich sport; sporting, athletic (of or pertaining to sports); athletic, fit, sporty…
- derTransfer transfer (the act of moving money to another country); transfer (the act of moving a…
- derPlayer synonym of Abspielgerät (“playback device”); player, participant (in a market economy)
- belasten to burden; to incriminate
- derRäuber agent noun of rauben; robber, thief
- einhalten to keep, stick to, follow, observe, maintain, abide by, comply with; an appointment,…
- dasT-Shirt T-shirt, tee
- derVertrieb sale, sales distribution, marketing, trafficking
- derBestand stock, inventory; portfolio
- dieLandung landing
- derVerwaltungsrat board of directors (the governing body of a corporation or organization, particularly in…
- dieMarge margin
- dasInvestment investment
- vertreiben to force to leave, to drive away; to pass (time)
- dieBestellung order, request for a product; purchase order
- dieKonsole console; corbel
- dasKleingeld small change, change (coins of little value)
- abstürzen to crash; to crash (a malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to…
- derSpringer jumper, one who jumps; stand in
- derRundfunk broadcasting (The business or profession of radio and television.); radio (technical…
- absetzen to set down; to drop off
- platzen to burst, to pop (to be torn apart from internal pressure, e.g. of balloons); to burst,…
- dieRevision revision, change; appeal
- dieWertpapierkennnummer securities identification number
- dieHülle covering, wrapping; synonym of Kleidung
- derAufschlag impact (the force or energy of a collision of two objects); lapel
- zurückzahlen to pay back, to repay, to refund; to pay back, to avenge
- dasGewerbe business, commercial enterprise, industry, trade
- einschlagen to smash; to gouge
- dasEigenkapital equity; capital
- einlassen to let in; to admit; to grant entry; to introduce; to cause to enter a room or fill a…
- aufsetzen to put on (something to be worn on the head); to put on (coffee or tea)
- dieAbschreibung writedown, writeoff
- befahren to drive on, along; to sail; to cruise (a road, sea, strait, rail track, with any type…
- derLuftraum airspace
- dieLeinwand fabric, linen, canvas; canvas
- derLeitzins key interest rate, benchmark interest rate (the rate set by a central bank to influence…
- dasWertpapier security (e.g. negotiable instruments, stocks, bonds, or other financial assets.)
- dieGrube pit, excavation (man- or animal-made hole in the ground); mine
- startklar ready to start, ready for start; ready for takeoff
- dieDurchführung implementation; performance, execution
- dasLabel record label; brand of clothes or sometimes other fashionable products like cosmetics,…
- dieAuszahlung payment, disbursement; paying off
- einfahren to drive in; to arrive, to pull in
- dieAbsicherung coverage; protection, safeguard, hedge
- derKuckuck cuckoo (Cuculus canorus); bailiff's seal
- Rally rally (a period of sustained increase in the prices of stocks, bonds, or indexes); rally…
- dieMarmelade jam; marmalade
- derAufwärtstrend uptrend, upward trend (a sustained period of rising prices); upward trend, uptick,…
- derAbflug take-off; departure
- derSlogan slogan (phrase associated with a product); slogan; rallying cry
- dasCape cape, cloak
- derFuture futures contract
- gießen to pour; usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities; to pour; to cast; to…
- abbauen to dismantle, disassemble; to mine (an ore)
- dasDepot depot, repository; deposit, depository
- derBug bow, prow (of a ship), nose (of an aircraft); shoulder joint (of an animal)
- dasWechselgeld change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)
- derAnflug approach
- derDevisenmarkt foreign exchange market, forex market, FX market (a global decentralized or…
- dieDevise motto; foreign currency
- derNettogewinn net profit (the amount of money remaining after all operating expenses, taxes, and…
- derAnbau cultivation; extension, annex
- dieOrder order, command; order (request for delivery, usually in bulk)
- klarmachen to make it clear, to clarify, explain; to clear (an airplane)
- dasUmsatzwachstum revenue growth, sales growth (an increase in the total amount of money received by a…
- derKapitalmarkt capital market (the part of a financial system concerned with raising capital by dealing…
- notieren to note, to note down, to write down, to jot down; to be offered for purchase, to trade
- fündig abundant, rich with mineral resources
- derAbschlag discount, rebate; advance payment
- derStartup startup, start-up (a newly established business, especially one that is innovative and…
- dasArbeitsmarktservice job center
- dieMasche stitch; hole (in a net)
- dieVolatilität volatility
- dieAbfindung settlement, compensation
- derNippel nipple; stud, protrusion
- derVermögensverwalter asset manager, fund manager, trust manager; custodian
- dieWiedergutmachung amends, compensation, remediation, reparation
- diePasta Italian-style pasta
- derAbwärtstrend downtrend, downward trend (a sustained period of declining prices); downward trend,…
- dieNiederlassung settlement; branch
- dasGuthaben balance
- derBien bee colony superorganism
- derBörsenschluss market close (the end of the daily trading session on a stock exchange)
- dieApplikation application, (mobile) app; applique
- derHedgefonds hedge fund (an offshore investment fund, typically formed as a private limited…
- derAnteilseigner shareholder, owner, stakeholder (a person, company, or institution that owns at least…
- derVersicherter insured
- derStempel mark, imprint, trademark, brand, postmark; stamp, rubber stamp (actual device used to…
- dieKollektion collection, product line (set of items presented or marketed together, often in a…
- unbezahlbar unaffordable; priceless, invaluable
- sanieren to redevelop; to reconstruct
- derHandelstag trading day; business day (a day on which an exchange is open for trading)
- derRückruf recall, callback; callback
- dieFluglinie route; airline
- dieTracht a style of clothing or appearance, chiefly one that is typical of some group, region or…
- derVermögenswert asset
- derBasispunkt basis point (one hundredth of a percent); base point
- dieKapitalverkehrskontrolle capital control
- derZement cement; cementum
- derSinkflug descent
- dieVermögensverwaltung wealth management, asset management (the professional service of managing the financial…
- dieGenossenschaft cooperative
- derReingewinn net profit (the actual profit after all expenses, interest, and taxes have been deducted…
- ausweisen to expel, to banish (from a country); to designate, to demarcate (an area as/for…
- dieÜberweisung money transfer, bank transfer; referral
- derKurzschluss short circuit (an unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit);…
- derZinssatz interest rate
- stocken to stop, to attain stagnation or cease to proceed; to stagnate, to have no progress
- derKreditgeber creditor, lender, loaner (one who lends, especially money)
- einlösen to redeem; to cash
- abschreiben to transcribe, copy (reproduce writing); to plagiarize, copy
- dieNaht seam; suture, seam
- derZehner ten (the number, or something having a value of ten); tenner
- vortragen to lecture; to give a report; to present; to report
- derUmsatzrückgang decline in turnover, sales drop (a reduction in the total amount of money received by a…
- nachlassen to subside, abate, taper off; to let up, to ease off
- tragbar portable (able to be carried); wearable (able to be worn)
- dieGewinnwarnung profit warning
- dieTranche tranche
- anbauen to grow, to cultivate; to attach, to mount
- derPin pin, lapel pin, badge (accessory attached with a pin); pin (any of the individual…
- derSchlusskurs closing price (the final price at which a security trades on a given trading day)
- anlassen to leave on; to keep on
- derKursrutsch slump in prices, sharp decline (a sudden and substantial fall in the market value of…
- derSpekulant speculator (one who makes risky investments)
- derRückflug inward flight, return flight
- verrechnen to calculate several quantities together; particularly: to offset one against another;…
- zurücksetzen to put back; to reset
- dieBlackbox black box; flight recorder
- dasSchütz contactor
- derSchuldenerlass debt relief
- dieDividendenrendite dividend yield (a financial ratio that indicates how much a company pays out in…
- derFlugzeugträger aircraft carrier
- derSockel base; pedestal, plinth
- dieLore minecart; a train wagon or locomotive used in the Frisian islands in Germany
- dieMarktkapitalisierung market capitalization; market cap
- derGesamtumsatz total turnover, total revenue (the sum of all sales of goods and services of a company…
- dieUmschuldung conversion of debts
- traden to trade, speculate
- derBörsenhandel exchange trading, floor trading (the buying and selling of securities, commodities, or…
- derMaschinenbauer machine builder; especially, machine tool builder
- dieTilgung erasure, extinction; amortization, repayment, redemption
- dieBeteiligungsgesellschaft investment company; holding company (a company that holds shares in other companies for…
- derVerstärker amplifier; reinforcer
- derStaatsfonds sovereign wealth fund (a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial…
- dieStrebe strut, brace
- dieUnternehmenskultur corporate culture, company culture (the shared values, beliefs, and behaviors that…
- dasHandelsvolumen trading volume (the total amount of a specific security or the total value of all…
- dasKreditinstitut bank
- dieDeadline deadline (time when something must be completed)
- dieZahlungsunfähigkeit insolvency
- derSwing swing; swing credit
- dasRelais relay
- derGulden guilder (currency of the Netherlands until 2001); florin; guilder (mediaeval and early…
- dieFinanzierungsrunde funding round, financing round (a cycle in which a company raises money from investors…
- dieEigenkapitalquote equity ratio (a financial ratio that indicates the relative proportion of equity used to…
- deponieren to deposit; to place; to deposit; to landfill
- derHandelsstart start of trading (the commencement of the official trading session on an exchange);…
- derRentenmarkt bond market
- dieVersorgungssicherheit security of supply (the certainty that a specific good or service, especially energy or…
- derLandeplatz landing site, landing field, airfield; landing place
- derKurssprung price jump, surge in share price (a sudden and significant increase in the value of a…
- derAnleihemarkt bond market (a financial market where participants can issue new debt, known as the…
- derKursanstieg price increase, rise in share price (an upward movement in the value of a security or…
- dieGeschäftsbedingung conditions of trading; terms of business
- derJahresabschluss annual financial statement
- durchstarten to go around (to abort the final approach); to accelerate very quickly (from a halt)
- derGroßaktionär major shareholder, large shareholder (an individual or entity that holds a significant…
- abstechen to cut off, cut out, to carve out; to stab to death
- dasAlleinstellungsmerkmal unique selling proposition
- einzahlen to deposit (to put money or funds into an account)
- diePauschale lump sum; flat rate
- premium premium
- dieBankleitzahl bank code, (UK) sort code
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