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German Music Vocabulary

76 German words tagged music, 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.

76 words
4 at A1
2 at A2
12 at B1
9 at B2
  1. dasThema topic, subject, issue; theme noun pl. Themen A1
  2. dasBaby baby (infant); baby (term of endearment for a lover) noun pl. Babys A1
  3. dieWeise way, manner; tune noun pl. Weisen B1
  4. dieSekunde A unit of time; a second.; A unit of angular measurement; a second. noun pl. Sekunden B1
  5. dieStimmung mood (emotional state); mood (inclination to do something) noun pl. Stimmungen B1
  6. derSchlag blow, hit; beat (pulse on the beat level) noun pl. Schläge B1
  7. dieSpur trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small… noun pl. Spuren B1
  8. dasLied song (musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics) noun pl. Lieder B1
  9. derAuftritt appearance, look, comportment, behavior; entry, entrance noun pl. Auftritte B1
  10. derVorschlag suggestion, proposal (something proposed); an ornament in which one or more notes are… noun pl. Vorschläge A2
  11. greifen to grab; to grasp; to grip (something); to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive… verb greift · griff · gegriffen B1
  12. dieAuflösung resolution; dissolution noun pl. Auflösungen B2
  13. derHouse house music, house noun B2
  14. derFührer guide (person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.);… noun B2
  15. stimmen to be right, to be correct, to be proper, to be true; to vote verb stimmt · stimmte · gestimmt B1
  16. derFlügel wing (of a bird, airplane, etc.); leaf (of a door or window) noun B2
  17. dieFantasie imagination; fantasy noun pl. Fantasien B1
  18. dasKlavier piano noun pl. Klaviere A1
  19. dieNote note (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone); note noun pl. Noten A1
  20. dieSingle single (45rpm vinyl record); single (song from an album, released individually) noun pl. Singles B2
  21. derMarsch march; marsh, marshland, fen noun pl. Märsche B2
  22. dasBrett board, plank; energetic, forceful track noun pl. Bretter B2
  23. dasAis A-sharp noun B2
  24. gebunden bound, constrained to something; committed; married or in a fixed relationship adj B2
  25. dasInstrument instrument noun pl. Instrumente A2
  26. dieDynamik driving force, dynamism; dynamics noun pl. Dynamiken C1
  27. dieScheibe flat piece or surface; disc noun pl. Scheiben B1
  28. dasDes D-flat noun C1
  29. derBogen bow (weapon); bow (for playing stringed instruments) noun pl. Bögen C1
  30. derSound sound noun pl. Sounds C1
  31. derChor choir; chorus (group of people singing together); choir (part of a church building) noun pl. Chöre C1
  32. derBegleiter companion; escort noun C1
  33. dieSuite suite (hotel apartment consisting of several rooms); suite (line of rooms interconnected… noun pl. Suiten C1
  34. derBass bass (low spectrum of sound); bass (singer; section of musical group) noun pl. Bässe C1
  35. derModus mode (predesigned set of states or rules); mode noun pl. Modi C1
  36. derBeat beat; the pulse of a metre noun pl. Beats C1
  37. blasen to blow; to play (a wind instrument) verb bläst · blies · geblasen C1
  38. dasLabel record label; brand of clothes or sometimes other fashionable products like cosmetics,… noun pl. Labels C1
  39. interpretieren to interpret (to explain or tell the meaning of; to apprehend and represent by means of… verb interpretiert · interpretierte · interpretiert C1
  40. dasCover cover version, cover song; cover (front of a CD, DVD or magazine) noun pl. Covers C1
  41. dasSol sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.; sol,… noun pl. Sole C1
  42. dasQuartett quartet (music composition in four parts); quartet (group of four musicians) noun pl. Quartette C1
  43. derSoul soul music, soul noun C1
  44. derTenor tenor; general content, tone and disposition expressed in one or more statements; tenor noun pl. Tenöre C1
  45. dieFlöte flute; whistle noun pl. Flöten B1
  46. derBalken beam, crossbeam; bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder,… noun C1
  47. derTakt tact (keen perception or discernment); time noun pl. Takte C1
  48. dieTrompete trumpet noun pl. Trompeten C2
  49. dasVorspiel prelude (kind of short piece of music); recital (performance, especially by learners or… noun pl. Vorspiele C2
  50. dasHis B-sharp noun C2
  51. derPunk punk (social movement); punk (member of the punk movement) noun pl. Punks C2
  52. dasRegister register (formal recording of names, events, transactions etc.); register (range of… noun C2
  53. dieZugabe addition; bonus, add-on, extra noun pl. Zugaben C2
  54. dasCello cello noun pl. Cellos C2
  55. derGig gig (performing engagement by a musical group, usually used when referring to events… noun pl. Gigs C2
  56. lebhaft lively, active, buoyant or agile; brisk adj C2
  57. dasArrangement arrangement; arrangement, agreement noun pl. Arrangements C2
  58. dieOrgel organ noun pl. Orgeln C2
  59. derPaukenschlag drumbeat; bang noun pl. Paukenschläge C2
  60. dasBlech sheet (of metal); sheet metal (as a material) noun pl. Bleche C2
  61. dieErniedrigung humiliation, abasement; degradation noun pl. Erniedrigungen C2
  62. dieViola synonym of Bratsche noun pl. Violen C2
  63. dieLeier lyre (ancient Greek lute); hurdy-gurdy (medieval fiddle with a wheel) noun pl. Leiern C2
  64. dasKeyboard keyboard, synthesizer (electronic musical instrument with keys of a musical keyboard) noun pl. Keyboards C2
  65. derSteg A path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet… noun pl. Stege C2
  66. komponieren to compose verb komponiert · komponierte · komponiert C2
  67. dieHarfe harp noun pl. Harfen C2
  68. dieVioline violin noun pl. Violinen C2
  69. derSchlussstrich horizontal rule; double bar line noun pl. Schlussstriche C2
  70. derDoppelschlag a kind of firecracker; a phenomenon of a die printing a transposed picture on a coin noun pl. Doppelschläge C2
  71. derSwing swing; swing credit noun pl. Swings C2
  72. derFrontmann front man noun pl. Frontmänner C2
  73. dieMundharmonika harmonica noun pl. Mundharmonikas C2
  74. dasNachspiel postlude, epilogue (final part of a piece); synonym of Nachspielzeit (“injury time”) noun pl. Nachspiele C2
  75. mixen to mix (cause two or more substances to become combined or united); to mix (combine… verb mixt · mixte · gemixt C2
  76. verstimmen to annoy; to sound off verb verstimmt · verstimmte · verstimmt C2

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