Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 6,001–6,060
Words 6,001 to 6,060 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieHauptfigur protagonist (main character in a literary work or drama)
- dasHerzstück centerpiece
- dieBrise breeze
- derIngolstädter a native or inhabitant of Ingolstadt; of Ingolstadt
- dasLandeskriminalamt state office of criminal investigations
- dasLandratsamt administrative district office
- derWegfall omission; elimination
- derZerfall disintegration, collapse, breakup, dissolution; decay
- derPimmel A penis.
- derStraßenrand curbside, roadside
- dasEcstasy ecstasy (drug MDMA)
- dasBündel bundle
- dieWichtigkeit importance, significance, momentousness
- derBoxenstopp pit stop
- derJuwelier jeweler, jeweller (male or of unspecified gender)
- derDirigent director, conductor, maestro, choirmaster
- dieGegebenheit condition, situation; fact, datum
- derGeschäftsbereich business area / scope; portfolio (political)
- diePrügelei fight, ruckus, brawl, scuffle
- dieLeichtathletik track and field
- derMitmensch fellow human being, fellow man
- derSchrein a wooden case or box; a cupboard (in general); an ornate case, typically but not…
- diePalette pallet; palette
- dasPlädoyer closing argument; plea
- derSchleim mucus, slime (viscous bodily secretion); any viscous matter, e.g. pap
- dieBeherrschung restraint; mastering, mastery
- dieRevanche payback, revenge (generally playful or in minor matters, unlike Rache); rematch
- dasRöntgen röntgen, X-ray; a surname, notably of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- derRückruf recall, callback; callback
- derKnecht male servant, menial, especially on a farm; serf, subordinate, someone unfree who serves…
- dieAusdauer constancy; endurance
- derGaul horse, hack (now chiefly derogatory, but less so for working horses, and not at all in…
- dieVertreibung expulsion; eviction
- derWirkstoff active ingredient
- derBiber beaver; a surname, variant of Bieber
- dieSchlussfolgerung conclusion; implication
- dieZugabe addition; bonus, add-on, extra
- dieAllergie allergy
- derAufbruch departure; crack, tear
- derDschihad jihad (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
- dieFluglinie route; airline
- dieGemeinsamkeit common ground; commonality, commonness, similarity, thing in common, common feature,…
- dasGros a gross, 144
- derGüterverkehr freight traffic
- dieIkone icon (religious painting); idol
- dieKlientel clientele; customers, clients
- diePatsche hand; swatter, beater
- dasMehrfamilienhaus multifamily house, apartment building
- dasHochzeitskleid wedding dress, wedding gown
- dieGenugtuung satisfaction; compensation
- dieSeitenlinie sideline, touchline; collateral line, branch (family descent)
- derKrampf cramp; convulsion, seizure
- derWerbespot spot, ad, commercial
- dieWiederherstellung recovery; restoration, renewal
- derZuschuss allowance, benefit, subsidy, grant
- dieHeide heath, heathland; woodland, forest, usually coniferous forest (esp. pine) on barren,…
- dieDurchlaucht serenity (address of a prince)
- derZar tsar, czar (Russian monarch)
- derMet mead
- dieAbschottung partition, bulkhead; seclusion (of a person, a group, etc.)
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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.