Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2
German nouns with gender, article, plural and genitive. All 3,165 in the CEFR list, commonest first, each tagged with the level it belongs to.
3,165
entries
182
at A1
286
at A2
363
at B1
Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.
- dasNein a no
- derMann man, male human being; husband
- dasLeben life; being alive; life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s…
- dieZeit time (as a concept); time of day (clipping of Uhrzeit)
- dieFrau woman (adult female human); wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse)
- dasHallo hullabaloo, cheering (often welcoming or celebratory)
- derVater father
- derTag day (a 24-hour period); day (the period from midnight to the following midnight)
- dieLiebe love (tender feeling of affection); a feeling of love for someone or something particular
- dasGeld money
- dieMutter mother
- dieNacht night; darkness
- derAbend evening; the time from dusk until midnight; The west
- dasHaus house; home (in various phrases)
- derFreund friend; boyfriend
- dieArbeit toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job,…
- Fragen plural of Frage "questions"
- derHerr man, gentleman; sir, lord; address of subservient respect
- dieFamilie family
- Jahre nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Jahr "years"
- dasProblem problem
- dieHilfe help, aid
- dasKind kid; child (young person); child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents;…
- derBruder brother; Brother (title of respect)
- dieFrage question (interrogative sentence or phrase); question, issue, matter (subject or topic…
- dieUhr hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period); clock,…
- dieStadt city (a large settlement); town (a settlement larger than a village)
- dasBaby baby (infant); baby (term of endearment for a lover)
- derKopf head; crown, top
- dasEnde end, finish; conclusion
- dieTür door (rigid plane on a hinge); door; doorway (passage that can be blocked with such a…
- dasAuto car
- diePolizei police; law enforcement
- dieSchwester sister; nurse; by extension used to refer to any medical staff that is not a doctor…
- derName name (forename, Christian name, given name); name (surname, family name)
- dieHand hand; handwriting
- dasJahr year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun); year…
- dasWasser water (H₂O); water, waters (body of water, especially a river or lake)
- dieWoche week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday);…
- dasAlter age, old age; antiquity
- dasLand country (territory of a nation); state, province (political division of a federation…
- dasZimmer room (separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling); timber
- dieFreundin female equivalent of Freund
- dasBett bed (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on; one's place…
- dieSchule school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning (especially before…
- dieEntschuldigung apology (expression of remorse or regret); excuse (explanation designed to avoid or…
- dasWort word as an isolated unit; utterance, word with context
- derPlatz square, plaza, piazza; circus
- dieNummer number; see usage notes below; issue (of a magazine, etc.)
- dasTelefon telephone
- derHund dog, hound; scoundrel; dog (mean or morally reprehensible person)
- derKaffee coffee (beverage made by infusing coffee beans in hot water); afternoon coffee,…
- dieStraße street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or…
- derOnkel uncle
- dieWohnung domicile; dwelling; lodging; abode; accommodation (any place someone lives in for a span…
- dieKlasse a class; a grouping; class; excellence
- derMund mouth of a person
- derTisch table (a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee…
- dasHotel hotel
- dieAntwort answer
Common questions
How many German nouns should I know?
This list holds 3,165 nouns graded A1 to C2. 468 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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.