Vocabulary · Feminine nouns
German Nouns with "die" — Feminine — Words 781–840
Continuing the list — words 781 to 840 of 1,748, still commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.
- dieVerdichtung compression, compaction, consolidation, packing
- dieGewährleistung guarantee
- dieZielsetzung ambition, aim, goal, purpose, objective
- dieRepräsentation representation
- dieDoppeldeutigkeit the state or quality of having two possible meanings, interpretations; something (a…
- dieDemontage dismantling
- dieStagnation stagnation
- dieEntscheidungsfindung decision-making
- dieHemmungslosigkeit lack of restraint
- dieVerfeinerung refinement, improvement
- dieGepflogenheit habit (action done on a regular basis)
- dieAusgangslage original position; starting situation
- dieStellenanzeige job advertisement
- dieDifferenzierung differentiation
- dieProportion proportion
- dieEntwicklungsstufe evolutionary stage
- dieBeklommenheit trepidation, uneasiness, apprehensiveness
- dieEigenheit singularity (the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual);…
- dieVeranschaulichung illustration
- dieVerbissenheit
- dieVerhältnismäßigkeit proportionality
- dieAuslassung omission; utterance
- dieGrübelei brooding; rumination
- diePietät reverence, piety, respect
- diePolemik polemics
- dieGegebenheit condition, situation; fact, datum
- dieWiderspiegelung reflection (the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected); mirroring
- dieDemaskierung unmasking
- dieArtikulation articulation (clarity of speech); articulation
- dieBekräftigung affirmation, confirmation, corroboration
- dieWettbewerbsfähigkeit competitiveness
- dieAusprägung characteristic, peculiarity; distinctness, markedness
- dieLegitimierung legitimation
- dieFokussierung focusing
- dieQualifizierung qualification
- dieRegulation regulation
- dieAussagekraft validity; significance
- dieSignifikanz significance
- dieTrivialität triviality, banality, shallowness, triteness; trifle
- diePlausibilität plausibility
- dieCharakteristik characteristic (distinguishing feature)
- dieEtymologie etymology
- dieVerworrenheit confusion; muddledness
- dieRaffgier greed
- dieFreizeitaktivität
- dieBiegsamkeit pliability
- dieEinbettung embedding
- dieDesillusion disillusion
- dieAbstufung gradation
- dieAngemessenheit adequacy, sufficiency, aptness, appropriateness
- dieVorbedingung precondition (preexisting requirement); prerequisite
- dieBezugnahme reference
- dieAlchimie alternative form of Alchemie (“alchemy”)
- dieFremdartigkeit
- dieUnschlüssigkeit
- dieFormlosigkeit
- dieAbschwächung lessening, weakening, softening, attenuation (act or process of making weaker)
- dieEinordnung classification; grading
- dieRedseligkeit loquaciousness
- dieEntgegnung reply, riposte
Common questions
How do I know when a German noun takes "die"?
Endings are the most reliable signal: -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei and -ur are feminine almost without exception, as are most nouns ending in -e. Beyond that, learn the article with the noun rather than guessing.
How many German nouns are feminine?
In this 3,108-noun CEFR list, 1,748 take die — about 56%. Across German as a whole the split is roughly 46% die, 34% der and 20% das, so die is a common case.
Do I really have to memorise the gender?
Yes, and it is easier if you never store the bare noun. Say and write "die Frage", not "Frage" — the article then comes back as part of the word rather than as a separate decision. The article drill in the practice section tests exactly this.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.