Vocabulary · Nouns

German Nouns List, A1 to C2

German nouns with gender, article, plural and genitive. All 9,109 in the CEFR list, commonest first, each tagged with the level it belongs to.

9,109 entries
269 at A1
407 at A2
858 at B1
  1. derEiner unit, unitsʼ place, onesʼ place (the numbers 0 to 9, possibly as part of a larger number… noun A1
  2. dasMal time (as in the first time; many times); occasion, case, occurrence noun pl. Male A1
  3. dasProzent percent noun pl. Prozente A1
  4. derEuro euro (currency); Euro (UEFA European Football Championship) noun pl. Euros A1
  5. dasWeiß white, whiteness; powder, face powder noun A1
  6. dasJahr year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun); year… noun pl. Jahre A1
  7. derDank thanks, gratitude, appreciation; thanks to, because of, courtesy of noun A1
  8. dieUhr hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period); clock,… noun pl. Uhren A1
  9. derMann man, male human being; husband noun pl. Männer A1
  10. dieMillion million (10⁶) noun pl. Millionen A1
  11. dieZeit time (as a concept); time of day (clipping of Uhrzeit) noun pl. Zeiten A1
  12. dasEnde end, finish; conclusion noun pl. Enden A1
  13. derSonntag Sunday (the first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of… noun pl. Sonntage A1
  14. dieFrau woman (adult female human); wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse) noun pl. Frauen A1
  15. Leute people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or… noun A1
  16. derTag day (a 24-hour period); day (the period from midnight to the following midnight) noun pl. Tage A1
  17. dieLiebe love (tender feeling of affection); a feeling of love for someone or something particular noun pl. Lieben A1
  18. dasGeld money noun pl. Gelder A1
  19. derFlüchtling refugee; fugitive, escapee noun pl. Flüchtlinge A1
  20. dieNacht night; darkness noun pl. Nächte A1
  21. dasLand country (territory of a nation); state, province (political division of a federation… noun pl. Länder A1
  22. dasAch oh; oh, alas (expressing surprise, sorrow, or understanding) noun A1
  23. dieMilliarde billion (10⁹) noun pl. Milliarden A1
  24. dasSpiel a game (instance or way of playing); gameplay, the experience or act of playing noun pl. Spiele A1
  25. derArtikel article; article, item, ware noun A1
  26. dieOrdnung arrangement, regulation; classification, order, array noun pl. Ordnungen A1
  27. dasHaus house; home (in various phrases) noun pl. Häuser A1
  28. dieRegierung government/administration; the act of governing noun pl. Regierungen A1
  29. dasMädchen girl; maiden noun A1
  30. derAbend evening; the time from dusk until midnight; The west noun pl. Abende A1
  31. dasFoto photograph (picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface);… noun pl. Fotos A1
  32. derPlatz square, plaza, piazza; circus noun pl. Plätze A1
  33. dieStadt city (a large settlement); town (a settlement larger than a village) noun pl. Städte A1
  34. dieWoche week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday);… noun pl. Wochen A1
  35. derFreund friend; boyfriend noun pl. Freunde A1
  36. dieFreundin female equivalent of Freund noun pl. Freundinnen A1
  37. dieAngst fear; fright; anxiety noun pl. Ängste A1
  38. derFreitag Friday noun pl. Freitage A1
  39. dasThema topic, subject, issue; theme noun pl. Themen A1
  40. dasKind kid; child (young person); child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents;… noun pl. Kinder A1
  41. dieFrage question (interrogative sentence or phrase); question, issue, matter (subject or topic… noun pl. Fragen A1
  42. derTeil part, piece (of a whole, often in relation to living things or an abstract concept);… noun pl. Teile A1
  43. dieMusik music; music as a school subject, musical instruction noun pl. Musiken A1
  44. dieArbeit toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job,… noun pl. Arbeiten A1
  45. dieMinute minute (unit of time; unit of angle) noun pl. Minuten A1
  46. derDollar dollar noun pl. Dollars A1
  47. derMontag Monday noun pl. Montage A1
  48. dieFamilie family noun pl. Familien A1
  49. dasProblem problem noun pl. Probleme A1
  50. dieAntwort answer noun pl. Antworten A1
  51. dieAngabe verbal noun of angeben; indication, specification, declaration (providing of information) noun pl. Angaben A1
  52. derMittwoch Wednesday noun pl. Mittwoche A1
  53. dieSache matter, affair, case, question, issue; thing, object noun pl. Sachen A1
  54. derDienstag Tuesday noun pl. Dienstage A1
  55. derSchweizer Swiss person, Swiss (male); Swiss Guard noun A1
  56. derDonnerstag Thursday noun pl. Donnerstage A1
  57. derLieber dear noun pl. Liebe A1
  58. dieSeite side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape); face, side, surface of any… noun pl. Seiten A1
  59. derSamstag Saturday noun pl. Samstage A1
  60. derDad dad; Dad noun pl. Dads A1

Common questions

How many German nouns should I know?

This list holds 9,109 nouns graded A1 to C2. 676 of them fall in A1–A2, which is the set worth knowing cold before anything else.

Are the noun forms included?

Yes. Every noun entry gives the article, the nominative plural and the genitive singular.

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