Topic · Entertainment
German Entertainment Vocabulary
101 German words tagged entertainment, 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.
101
words
4
at A1
4
at A2
14
at B1
14
at B2
- dasThema topic, subject, issue; theme
- dasBaby baby (infant); baby (term of endearment for a lover)
- dieWeise way, manner; tune
- dieSekunde A unit of time; a second.; A unit of angular measurement; a second.
- dieStimmung mood (emotional state); mood (inclination to do something)
- derSchlag blow, hit; beat (pulse on the beat level)
- dieSpur trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small…
- dasLied song (musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics)
- derAuftritt appearance, look, comportment, behavior; entry, entrance
- dieSzene scene; tableau; scene (subculture)
- derVorschlag suggestion, proposal (something proposed); an ornament in which one or more notes are…
- dieTour tour, journey; a trip, particularly when travel takes up a significant portion of the…
- derAkt act, deed; act
- greifen to grab; to grasp; to grip (something); to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive…
- dieAuflösung resolution; dissolution
- derHouse house music, house
- derFührer guide (person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.);…
- stimmen to be right, to be correct, to be proper, to be true; to vote
- derFlügel wing (of a bird, airplane, etc.); leaf (of a door or window)
- dieFantasie imagination; fantasy
- derAnsatz addition; ansatz
- dieAusstattung equipment, facility; fittings, furnishings
- dasKlavier piano
- auftreten to occur, appear, arise (suddenly); to perform, appear, go on stage/onstage,
- derAufzug winding (of a watch); act
- dieNote note (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone); note
- dieSingle single (45rpm vinyl record); single (song from an album, released individually)
- schmeißen to throw; to fling; to hurl; to drop accidentally
- derSet place mat, setting; set, combination, collection
- derMarsch march; marsh, marshland, fen
- dasBrett board, plank; energetic, forceful track
- dasAis A-sharp
- gebunden bound, constrained to something; committed; married or in a fixed relationship
- dasInstrument instrument
- dieDynamik driving force, dynamism; dynamics
- dieScheibe flat piece or surface; disc
- dasDes D-flat
- derBogen bow (weapon); bow (for playing stringed instruments)
- dieKulisse scenery; set; flat; scenery; setting; background (place or context in which something…
- derSound sound
- derChor choir; chorus (group of people singing together); choir (part of a church building)
- dieBesetzung occupation; invasion (of a country); squat (occupation of a building without permission)
- derBegleiter companion; escort
- dieSuite suite (hotel apartment consisting of several rooms); suite (line of rooms interconnected…
- derBass bass (low spectrum of sound); bass (singer; section of musical group)
- derModus mode (predesigned set of states or rules); mode
- derBeat beat; the pulse of a metre
- blasen to blow; to play (a wind instrument)
- derSattel saddle; nut of a string instrument (supporting strings at the head end)
- derMitspieler teammate, coplayer; fellow actor, costar
- derDarsteller actor, player, performer
- dasLabel record label; brand of clothes or sometimes other fashionable products like cosmetics,…
- interpretieren to interpret (to explain or tell the meaning of; to apprehend and represent by means of…
- dasCover cover version, cover song; cover (front of a CD, DVD or magazine)
- abgehen to come off, to come loose, to wear off; to leave (esp. an educational institution; not…
- dasSol sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.; sol,…
- dasQuartett quartet (music composition in four parts); quartet (group of four musicians)
- derSoul soul music, soul
- dieVerwandlung metamorphosis; transformation
- derTenor tenor; general content, tone and disposition expressed in one or more statements; tenor
- vorspielen to perform something for; to play something for; to audition
- dieFlöte flute; whistle
- derBalken beam, crossbeam; bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder,…
- derTakt tact (keen perception or discernment); time
- dasRampenlicht limelight, stage lighting; in the spotlight, highlighted, the focus of attention
- derSpielplan program; repertoire; match schedule
- dasVorzeichen omen, presage; early symptom, early sign
- dieTrompete trumpet
- dasVorspiel prelude (kind of short piece of music); recital (performance, especially by learners or…
- dasHis B-sharp
- derPunk punk (social movement); punk (member of the punk movement)
- dasRegister register (formal recording of names, events, transactions etc.); register (range of…
- dieZugabe addition; bonus, add-on, extra
- dasCello cello
- derGig gig (performing engagement by a musical group, usually used when referring to events…
- dieFarce farce; stuffing, mince (finely chopped meat or vegetables, used to fill a cavity in…
- dasTheaterstück drama, piece, play (theatrical performance)
- lebhaft lively, active, buoyant or agile; brisk
- dasSommerspiele summer games; theater festival held in certain towns in the summer
- dasArrangement arrangement; arrangement, agreement
- dieOrgel organ
- dieGeneralprobe dress rehearsal; final rehearsal
- derPaukenschlag drumbeat; bang
- dasBlech sheet (of metal); sheet metal (as a material)
- dieRequisite props storage room; prop
- dieErniedrigung humiliation, abasement; degradation
- dieViola synonym of Bratsche
- dieLeier lyre (ancient Greek lute); hurdy-gurdy (medieval fiddle with a wheel)
- dasKeyboard keyboard, synthesizer (electronic musical instrument with keys of a musical keyboard)
- derSteg A path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet…
- komponieren to compose
- dieHarfe harp
- dieVioline violin
- derSchlussstrich horizontal rule; double bar line
- derDoppelschlag a kind of firecracker; a phenomenon of a die printing a transposed picture on a coin
- derSwing swing; swing credit
- derFrontmann front man
- dieMundharmonika harmonica
- dasNachspiel postlude, epilogue (final part of a piece); synonym of Nachspielzeit (“injury time”)
- mixen to mix (cause two or more substances to become combined or united); to mix (combine…
- verstimmen to annoy; to sound off
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