Topic · Human Sciences
German Human Sciences Vocabulary
129 German words tagged human sciences, 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.
129
words
6
at A1
5
at A2
13
at B1
17
at B2
- auf [with dative] on, upon (positioned at the top of); [with accusative] on, onto, up…
- dieZeit time (as a concept); time of day (clipping of Uhrzeit)
- derFall fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof); fall, capture (the act of being…
- dieAngabe verbal noun of angeben; indication, specification, declaration (providing of information)
- derKopf head; crown, top
- dieZukunft future; future tense
- derName name (forename, Christian name, given name); name (surname, family name)
- bestimmt certain; determined
- dieKlasse a class; a grouping; form; grade; year
- dieVergangenheit the past (time); past tense
- derStand standing, state, status, position, situation; class, stratum (group of people with a…
- aktiv active; active voice (the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action)
- dieAussage proposition; statement, claim
- verhalten to behave; to be contradistinguished, to be characterized in relation to its…
- derSatz sentence; proposition, theorem
- dieSzene scene; tableau; scene (subculture)
- dieRealität reality (state of being real); reality, fact (that which is real)
- schwach weak, lacking in strength; weak
- derVerband bandage; association, union (kind of organization)
- derAuftakt anacrusis (an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse); anacrusis
- dasVorfeld run-up (period of time just before an important event); apron (paved area of an airport)
- derKrebs crustacean, crab, crayfish; cancer (disease)
- dieAufklärung the act of enlightening; an instance of enlightening; the Enlightenment
- dieMedia media
- steigern to increase, to raise; to boost, to improve, to enhance
- dieJungfrau virgin (person, especially female, who has never had sexual intercourse); maiden (young…
- maskulin masculine (of masculine grammatical gender); masculine, manly (of markedly male…
- derSchütze shooter; archer, bowman
- gespannt curious, excited (of a person; about seeing how something will turn out); tense (of…
- Mars Mars; crow's nest
- dieSteigerung increase; comparison
- dieEnttäuschung disappointment, let-down, bummer, frustration; disenchantment, disillusionment,…
- dasObjekt object (inanimate being, thing); object (that around which an emotion or activity centers)
- derGenosse partner in something, mate; comrade, fellow socialist or communist
- erwerben to earn, gain, acquire; to acquire, to succeed to (irrespectively of the legal cause)
- derGegenstand object, item, thing, article; subject, topic
- weiblich female; feminine
- derStamm tree trunk, main stem of a plant (but never used of thin stalks or twigs); tribe
- binden to bind, to tie, to fasten something by means of a string etc.; to tie, to fasten a…
- derZwerg dwarf (creature); dwarf, midget
- dieBestimmung determination (act of determining or measuring); destination (intended purpose)
- derGreif griffin
- dieMore mora
- dieStärkung strengthening, reinforcement; fortition
- derÜberrest residue, remnant, leftover, relic; remains, corpse
- männlich male; manly
- dasEgo ego
- final final, expressing purpose; final, conclusive, irrevocable (that which will not or cannot…
- zeitlich temporal (defined by time); chronological (ordered by time)
- dasGeschlecht sex; gender
- stumm mute; dumb (unable to speak); silent (not speaking); with verbs or adverbs expressing a…
- dieAbkürzung abbreviation; shortcut
- dasMedium media, medium (format for communicating or presenting information); medium (the nature…
- dieMaterie matter; subject matter, the practical realities and collected knowledge regarding the…
- sächsisch Saxon (of, from or relating to Saxony in modern Germany); Saxon; Upper Saxon (pertaining…
- derAusnahmezustand irregular situation; state of emergency
- dieVerschiebung delay, deferral, deferment, postponement, suspension, adjournment; shift, displacement,…
- dieVerschärfung tightening, intensification; Holtzmann's law: a sound change whereby Proto-Germanic *jj…
- Latein Latin
- dasSelbstbewusstsein aplomb, self-assurance, self-confidence; self-awareness
- derBeleg piece of evidence, a supporting fact; a document that serves as such evidence, record
- Venus Venus; very beautiful woman
- selbstbewusst self-confident, self-assured; self-conscious, self-aware
- dieDepression depression
- dieBindung bond, attachment; commitment, obligation
- dieSpaltung division; splitting
- beugen to bend something, to bow something; to bend; to bend over; to bow
- dieZusammensetzung composition; compound (word)
- dieHansestadt Hanseatic city
- dieErgänzung supplement, addition, complement, supplementation; object, complement
- dasLabyrinth labyrinth; labyrinth, maze (technically not quite correct, compare Labyrinth and Maze)
- derAlb elf, especially an evil one; creature that sits on one's chest while one sleeps
- dieBesessenheit obsession; possession
- dieWaage scales (weighing machine); Libra
- Aurora Aurora; aurora
- dasFemininum feminine, feminine gender; a feminine, a word with feminine gender (usually a noun,…
- dieKonstellation constellation
- dieVorgeschichte past history; background
- diePeriode period, menstruation; period (length of time with start and end point)
- dieMehrzahl majority (the larger part of a group); plural
- derVogt steward; a surname originating as an occupation
- derGolem golem (creature from clay)
- Nike Nike; Nike (company)
- dieReferenz reference (measurement one can compare to); reference
- dieWendung turn; expression, phrase
- ausgestorben extinct
- dasEinhorn unicorn
- dasSubjekt subject; person
- derGral grail (holy, miraculous object, especially a cup)
- derTroll troll; an ugly or boorish person
- derSchulze village headman, sheriff; a surname originating as an occupation
- dieSchlussfolgerung conclusion; implication
- dieMarkierung mark, marking, tag; marker
- derTitan Titan; titan
- geisteskrank insane, mentally ill; ill, sick, so odd it is awesome
- veraltet antiquated; archaic; obsolete
- dieInklusion participation, integration; inclusion
- Saturn Saturn; lead (material)
- beschwören to conjure; to swear to (something)
- diePartikel particle (part of speech which cannot be inflected); particle (fragment of the…
- verbal verbal
- derWahn delusion, illusion, (vain) hope (very strong but ultimately misguided or fantastical…
- dieNeutralität neutrality; contingency
- dieHemmung inhibition; scruple
- verblasst pale, discolored; grammaticalized through semantic bleaching
- derFlaschengeist genie in the bottle
- dieRatio reason (capacity of rational thinking)
- unbestimmt undetermined; indefinite
- derTurn turn (in turn-taking)
- dieTeilhabe participation; methexis
- derTonfall tone (of voice); intonation
- dieKennzeichnung flagging, marking; definite description
- derKorporal corporal, lower non-commissioned officer (in today’s Switzerland equivalent to OR-4); an…
- derReim rhyme (poetic device); rhyme, rhyming phrase, short verse
- derDschinn jinn
- dieSchizophrenie schizophrenia
- dieMuttersprache mother tongue; native language; the language one has learnt from one’s mother (chiefly…
- Merkur Mercury; mercury
- dasId id
- diePsychose psychosis
- dieUnternehmenskultur corporate culture, company culture (the shared values, beliefs, and behaviors that…
- dieBetonung emphasis; accent, stress
- derGulden guilder (currency of the Netherlands until 2001); florin; guilder (mediaeval and early…
- derPhönix phoenix; the constellation Phoenix
- dieSchwächung weakening, attenuation; impairment, enfeeblement
- derTrieb sprout; drive (desire or interest)
- derFranke Franconian (person from the German region of Franconia (Franken), northern Bavaria);…
- derSpiritus alcohol, chiefly for technical use; breathing; a glottal consonant, usually /h/; a…
- punktuell limited to specific, selected points or instances (as opposed to being common,…
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