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German Games Vocabulary

100 German words tagged games, 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.

100 words
5 at A1
6 at A2
13 at B1
17 at B2
  1. kurz short, quick, brief; short adj A1
  2. dieBank bench (which people sit on); pew; workbench (which things can be set down on) noun pl. Bänke A2
  3. dasHerz heart; hearts noun B1
  4. derVersuch attempt; experiment; test, trial noun pl. Versuche A2
  5. passen to fit; to suit, to be suitable for verb passt · passte · gepasst A2
  6. melden to report, to inform (about an incident or condition); to report (a person or their… verb meldet · meldete · gemeldet A2
  7. dieHochzeit wedding, marriage (a ceremony in which people are married and/or a celebration thereof);… noun pl. Hochzeiten A1
  8. dieDame lady (woman of good breeding and manners); lady; madam (polite term to refer to any woman) noun pl. Damen A2
  9. dieSpitze cusp; point, tip, peak noun pl. Spitzen B1
  10. dasPferd horse; knight noun pl. Pferde A1
  11. derBall ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games); pass, play noun pl. Bälle A1
  12. dieLinie line; file noun pl. Linien B1
  13. dasPfund a metric pound, 500 grams, half a kilogram; any of the English (Anglophone) units of… noun pl. Pfunde B2
  14. derStock stick (solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller… noun pl. Stöcke A2
  15. dasMatt mate, checkmate; dull (not shiny) noun pl. Matts B2
  16. derStich sting, prick, stitch, stab; trick noun pl. Stiche B2
  17. dieVerlängerung prolongation; lengthening (process of making something longer, in space or duration);… noun pl. Verlängerungen B2
  18. derJunge boy; jack noun pl. Jungen A1
  19. klären to clarify, to clear up (an issue or misunderstanding), to fill in unknown details, to… verb klärt · klärte · geklärt B1
  20. betrügen to deceive (usually deliberately); to defraud; to perform an act of fraud against; to… verb betrügt · betrog · betrogen B1
  21. zugeben to admit, confess (to own up to something); to add (to a mixture) verb gibt zu · gab zu · zugegeben B2
  22. derStandard standard; set piece noun pl. Standards B2
  23. derTunnel tunnel; nutmeg (act of playing the ball through an opponent's legs) noun B2
  24. dieEröffnung opening noun pl. Eröffnungen B2
  25. derBauer farmer (male or of unspecified gender); peasant (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Bauern B1
  26. dasKreuz cross; clubs noun pl. Kreuze B1
  27. diePille pill, tablet; ball noun pl. Pillen B1
  28. dieErhöhung increase, elevation, rise, increment; enhancement noun pl. Erhöhungen B2
  29. derMittelfeldspieler midfielder noun B2
  30. decken to cover (a roof, with a blanket, etc.); to cover (e.g. a demand, a loss; but not “to… verb deckt · deckte · gedeckt B2
  31. bedienen to serve; to operate verb bedient · bediente · bedient B1
  32. derTurm tower, spire (very tall building or structure, especially with a tapering top); steeple… noun pl. Türme B1
  33. derElfmeter penalty kick noun B2
  34. derStrafraum penalty area noun pl. Strafräume B2
  35. dieAnnahme presupposition, assumption, hypothesis; acceptance, the act of accepting noun pl. Annahmen B2
  36. derInnenverteidiger centre-back noun B2
  37. derBrasilianer person from Brazil, Brazilian; a player with great technique who is good at dribbling etc. noun B2
  38. derKorb basket, creel; hoop noun pl. Körbe B2
  39. derKeeper keeper, goalkeeper noun C1
  40. derLevel level (degree or amount); level (one of several discrete segments of a game) noun pl. Levels C1
  41. dieWeltmeisterschaft World Cup, world championship; FIFA World Cup noun pl. Weltmeisterschaften C1
  42. dasRemis draw; in a draw; the result being a draw noun C1
  43. mischen to mix; to shuffle verb mischt · mischte · gemischt B1
  44. derPokal goblet, chalice; cup, trophy noun pl. Pokale C1
  45. dieStartelf starting eleven noun pl. Startelfen C1
  46. derSpringer jumper, one who jumps; stand in noun C1
  47. stechen to be sharp, to stick out; to stick (someone or something); to poke verb sticht · stach · gestochen C1
  48. dasKasino casino; officers' mess noun pl. Kasinos C1
  49. dieNachspielzeit injury time noun pl. Nachspielzeiten C1
  50. derGoalie goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender noun pl. Goalies C1
  51. dasAss ace (a playing card); a person who is extremely good at (at least) one discipline noun pl. Asse C1
  52. derOber waiter (usually the head waiter, but sometimes any waiter); over knave, queen noun B1
  53. derKicker soccer player/football player; placekicker noun C1
  54. angeben to indicate, specify; to state, supply, give, report (data, e.g. one’s details in a… verb gibt an · gab an · angegeben B1
  55. diePackung pack, package, packet; a poultice, especially one for cosmetic purposes noun pl. Packungen C1
  56. derKopfball header noun pl. Kopfbälle C1
  57. dasGegentor goal against noun pl. Gegentore C1
  58. derRun run; A rush or stampede of people, as caused by scarcity. noun pl. Runs C1
  59. derDoppelpack a packet (e.g. of a food item) containing two; two goals scored by the same player in… noun pl. Doppelpacks C1
  60. derHooligan hooligan noun pl. Hooligans C1
  61. dieEuropameisterschaft European championship; Euros noun pl. Europameisterschaften C1
  62. dasEigentor own goal noun pl. Eigentore C1
  63. versenken to sink (to cause to sink, e.g. a ship); to down (to pot a ball) verb versenkt · versenkte · versenkt C1
  64. derJoker joker (card that substitutes any other card); lifeline (help that a player can use in a… noun C1
  65. umwandeln to convert, change, commute; to transform, transmute verb wandelt um · wandelte um · umgewandelt C1
  66. dasPuzzle jigsaw puzzle noun pl. Puzzles C1
  67. derSpieß a pointed rod, especially; spit noun pl. Spieße C1
  68. dasTreff clubs; meeting point noun pl. Treffs C1
  69. derLinksverteidiger left back noun C2
  70. derRückzieher backtrack; overhead kick noun C2
  71. dieUmwandlung conversion; transformation, transmutation noun pl. Umwandlungen C2
  72. dieSeitenlinie sideline, touchline; collateral line, branch (family descent) noun pl. Seitenlinien C2
  73. dieNotbremse emergency brake; a foul against a player who is in the course of scoring a goal,… noun pl. Notbremsen C2
  74. derAnstoß impetus, initiation, trigger; offense noun pl. Anstöße C2
  75. derRechtsverteidiger right back noun C2
  76. blank bright; spotlessly clean, shining, polished adj C2
  77. derSchachzug move; move, stratagem noun pl. Schachzüge C2
  78. unterlaufen to circumvent, to undermine; to crop up, to be made (of a mistake or error) [with dative… verb unterläuft · unterlief · unterlaufen C2
  79. parieren to parry; to obey verb pariert · parierte · pariert C2
  80. dasKreuzworträtsel crossword puzzle noun C2
  81. dasKaro rhombus, check, chequer, square; diamonds noun pl. Karos C2
  82. abwehren to fend off, to repel, to keep away; to refuse, to say no verb wehrt ab · wehrte ab · abgewehrt C2
  83. würfeln to dice (cut into small cubes); to play dice verb würfelt · würfelte · gewürfelt C2
  84. derAußenverteidiger fullback noun C2
  85. köpfen to behead (kill by cutting off the head); to head (strike the ball with the head) verb köpft · köpfte · geköpft C2
  86. derTrumpf trump; a surname. noun pl. Trümpfe C2
  87. verwarnen to caution, admonish, to warn of punishment or other negative consequences; to book, to… verb verwarnt · verwarnte · verwarnt C2
  88. derHattrick a hat trick; a player’s scoring three goals in one match; as distinct from English… noun pl. Hattricks C2
  89. dasRoulette roulette noun pl. Roulettes C2
  90. dieErsatzbank substitutes' bench noun pl. Ersatzbänke C2
  91. dasSommermärchen summer fairy tale; the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany noun C2
  92. derZugzwang zugzwang; synonym of Zugpflicht (“the rule that a player cannot forgo a move”) noun pl. Zugzwänge C2
  93. dasParoli raise (of stakes) noun pl. Parolis C2
  94. derPott large cup; pot (cooking vessel) noun pl. Pötte C2
  95. dieDoppelspitze dual leadership; attack formation with two strikers noun pl. Doppelspitzen C2
  96. derEuropapokal umbrella term for any tournament competition for clubs at the European level, (for… noun pl. Europapokale C2
  97. dieSchippe shovel; used as a typical property of manual labourers noun pl. Schippen C2
  98. dieZwickmühle double mill; dilemma; Catch-22; quagmire; predicament; quandary (position in which one… noun pl. Zwickmühlen C2
  99. derReferee referee noun pl. Referees C2
  100. austeilen to distribute; to hand out; to deal verb teilt aus · teilte aus · ausgeteilt C2

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