Topic · Lifestyle
German Lifestyle Vocabulary
141 German words tagged lifestyle, 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.
141
words
8
at A1
23
at A2
17
at B1
20
at B2
- dasLeben life; being alive; life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s…
- dieOrdnung arrangement, regulation; classification, order, array
- nehmen to take (something into one's possession or on one's body); to take from
- dasBaby baby (infant); baby (term of endearment for a lover)
- kurz short, quick, brief; short
- dasWort word as an isolated unit; utterance, word with context
- derPlatz square, plaza, piazza; circus
- derFilm film (a thin layer of some substance); photographic film
- passieren to happen; to move beyond; pass
- derVersuch attempt; experiment; test, trial
- tragen to carry, to bear (something on one's person); to bear, to carry (responsibility, blame,…
- dieBank bench (which people sit on); pew; workbench (which things can be set down on)
- dieAufgabe task, job; corresponding to other senses of the verb aufgeben
- derBall ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games); pass, play
- dasLied song (musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics)
- dasTier animal (see usage notes below); A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic,…
- dasThema topic, subject, issue; theme
- dieRunde round (of drinks); circle, group (constellation of friends or colleagues engaging in a…
- dieFarbe colour; paint
- fair fair (just, honest, equitable, adequate)
- derTermin date (day on which a certain event takes place); deadline (date on or before which…
- dieKarriere career (occupational path); quick or steep occupational advancement
- dieUnterstützung support, assistance, backing, also endorsement; that which supports
- derVorschlag suggestion, proposal (something proposed); an ornament in which one or more notes are…
- klären to clarify, to clear up (an issue or misunderstanding), to fill in unknown details, to…
- blau blue (color/colour); drunk
- unterstützen to support, to assist, to help, to aid; to endorse, to give support, to show support, to…
- dieSendung delivery (by a postal service); programme (performance of a show or other broadcast on…
- derMantel coat, overcoat (long jacket that covers at least part of the thighs); coating, casing,…
- dieStimmung mood (emotional state); mood (inclination to do something)
- bestellen to order (e.g. food at a restaurant, items for delivery); to order to come, to summon…
- derBereich area, realm, range, scope; course of study or domain of knowledge or practice; field
- derVorteil advantage, plus, benefit, perk (of a job); profit, gain
- dieLektion lesson (chapter of a textbook, section into which a course is divided); synonym of…
- derAuftritt appearance, look, comportment, behavior; entry, entrance
- dieFantasie imagination; fantasy
- eingehen to enter; to go inside; to arrive (of everything that can be received such postal items,…
- trocken dry (not wet; lacking water); dry (not sweet)
- dasKlavier piano
- dasRezept recipe; medical prescription
- auftreten to occur, appear, arise (suddenly); to perform, appear, go on stage/onstage,
- schmeißen to throw; to fling; to hurl; to drop accidentally
- sprengen to blow up, to blast; to sprinkle
- gebunden bound, constrained to something; committed; married or in a fixed relationship
- büßen to pay for, to make amends for; to repent, to do penance
- diePille pill, tablet; ball
- aufbrechen to break open, through; to be broken through
- derAbzug trigger (of a gun); hood, fume hood (covering of a vent to suck away smoke or fumes)
- dieBegegnung encounter, meeting; match
- derNachtisch dessert, pudding (UK)
- dieAnnahme presupposition, assumption, hypothesis; acceptance, the act of accepting
- derStab rod, staff, baton; staff (employees)
- dieAuszeit time-out; time-out, hiatus
- investieren to invest (time, money, etc.); to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)
- dieNote note (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone); note
- einschlagen to smash; to gouge
- auftreiben to bloat; to rise (of dough)
- dasInstrument instrument
- derAbfall waste, garbage, rubbish, litter; decrease, decline, drop
- derVerteidiger defender (someone who defends something, e.g. a soldier); back; defender
- derBegleiter companion; escort
- derAuslöser trigger (event that initiates others, or incites a response); shutter-release button,…
- dieBruderschaft fraternity (association of men who consider each other as brethren)
- dieAbfahrt departure (of a land or water vehicle); exit, slip road, off-ramp (lane used to leave a…
- derAußenseiter outsider (who is not part of a particular group); loner, outsider (who is socially…
- derSenior father, senior, the elder (older of two close male relatives, especially with the same…
- derStandard standard; set piece
- dieBesessenheit obsession; possession
- dieBesetzung occupation; invasion (of a country); squat (occupation of a building without permission)
- derMärtyrer martyr
- dasHaupt head (body part); head; leader; chief
- dieSchöpfung creation
- dieSauce synonym of Soße
- Offenbarung Revelation
- derAnsatz addition; attachment
- einsatzbereit ready for action, ready for operation, ready for use; fit for play
- gießen to pour; usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities; to pour; to cast; to…
- dieVerwandlung metamorphosis; transformation
- dieAufstellung installation, deployment, establishment, erection; schedule, list
- offenbaren to reveal, to disclose; to become evident
- revanchieren to repay, return the favor; to pay back, avenge oneself (generally playfully or in minor…
- verschlagen to drive, to strand; to shlep; to bring (causing difficulty, often to somewhere someone…
- dasVisum visa (permit to enter a country); visa (stamp on a passport)
- dieKollektion collection, product line (set of items presented or marketed together, often in a…
- dasKabinett cabinet, ministry; cabinet
- dieAusstattung equipment, facility; fittings, furnishings
- abblasen to blow off something (e.g., dust); to blow clear; to call off a hunt
- derRückschlag setback (sudden or unexpected turn for the worse); return, the act of hitting the ball…
- dasTheaterstück drama, piece, play (theatrical performance)
- dieAuflösung resolution; dissolution
- lebhaft lively, active, buoyant or agile; brisk
- eitel vain (overly proud of oneself, especially one’s outer appearance); vain; void; futile…
- abwerfen to throw down, to let fall, drop (from a height); to throw off (e.g. a yoke, a rider)
- derAusgleich compensation; hotchpot
- dieUnzucht fornication; adultery; lewdness; promiscuity (any sexual behaviour considered immoral or…
- dasRegister register (formal recording of names, events, transactions etc.); register (range of…
- austricksen to trick (to gain an advantage); to feint
- dieVorsehung Providence, Divine Providence (God's superintendence over earthly events); fate, destiny…
- dasWappen coat of arms
- unterziehen to subject; to undergo
- dieVerlängerung prolongation; lengthening (process of making something longer, in space or duration);…
- interpretieren to interpret (to explain or tell the meaning of; to apprehend and represent by means of…
- auswärts out of town; outside the place in question; away; on the opponent’s turf
- dieSchnelligkeit speed, velocity, rapidness, quickness (state/degree of moving or proceeding fast);…
- abwehren to fend off, to repel, to keep away; to refuse, to say no
- dieErniedrigung humiliation, abasement; degradation
- anbeten to worship, to adore
- übertreten to join (another faith, party, etc.); to convert to [with zu]; to enter, to pass into (a…
- auswirken to work something until finished or ready (e.g., kneading dough a last time after…
- derAnstoß impetus, initiation, trigger; offense
- dieErhöhung increase, elevation, rise, increment; enhancement
- dieAnnäherung approach (act of drawing near; access or opportunity of drawing near); approach (a…
- dieDynamik driving force, dynamism; dynamics
- dasEndspiel final (last round of a competition; only used of sports with two sides per match);…
- diePriesterin priestess (female priest); churchwoman
- abschrecken to discourage (to take away or reduce the courage of), to daunt, to repel, to scare; to…
- derWeltrekord World record
- derAnhieb first time; yank of the fishing rod (to get the hook in the fish's mouth)
- auslegen to lay out, display; to interpret, construe (in a certain manner)
- gegenüberstehen to face, to stand face-to-face with; to contradict each other (e.g. of viewpoints)
- unterlaufen to circumvent, to undermine; to crop up, to be made (of a mistake or error) [with dative…
- dasGehäuse casing, case, housing, shell (frame or box around something)
- bekehren to convert
- derModus mode (predesigned set of states or rules); mode
- transferieren to transfer (move money to another country); to transfer (pass on, move in general);…
- derAnbau cultivation; extension, annex
- fokussieren to focus (cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point; adjust (a lens, an…
- komponieren to compose
- dieWiederauferstehung resurrection
- dasFilet fillet
- distanzieren to distance; to leave behind
- dasAufgebot contingent, posse, squad (number of people summoned and assembled for some task); squad
- dieHürde hurdle
- ungläubig incredulous, skeptical; infidel, unbelieving, unfaithful (not of the religion one…
- dieWertung rating, score; assessment, evaluation, grading
- bürgerlich civic, civil; bourgeois, middle-class
- dieEmpfindlichkeit sensitivity, sensibility; speed (of film)
- instrumental instrumental
- orthodox orthodox; Orthodox
- vorstehen to head, to be in charge of; to stick out; to protrude
- dieArtikulation articulation (clarity of speech); articulation
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