Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 6,181–6,240
Words 6,181 to 6,240 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieMagd maid; female servant, especially on a farm; virgin
- derSchultag schoolday
- dieReha rehab (rehabilitation); rehab (institution)
- dieZiellinie finish line
- derRabe raven; the constellation Corvus
- dieMalerei painting (action or activity)
- dieSelbstzerstörung self-destruction; self-destruct
- derSmiley a simplified ideogram representing human facial expressions, especially a smiling or…
- derBöller firecracker; a gun or cannon used for salutes
- derVorarbeiter foreman (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieEndrunde finals (of a tournament); final lap (of a race); final round (e.g. boxing).
- dieNeigung propensity; inclination, incline
- dieSchweigepflicht vow of silence; confidentiality requirement (e.g. physician-patient, attorney-client, or…
- derIndustriestaat industrialized country
- dasKleinkind child under six years old, pre-school-age child
- dieMarkierung mark, marking, tag; marker
- dieKrähe crow
- derNachtrag addendum (something to be added)
- derKnüppel cudgel
- derRadler shandy (beer mixed with lemonade); cyclist
- derRechtsverteidiger right back
- dasKaff backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village); chaff
- dieStrafverfolgung criminal prosecution
- derStrohhalm straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant); drinking straw
- dieAura aura
- dieWirtschaftssanktion economic sanction
- derGig gig (performing engagement by a musical group, usually used when referring to events…
- dieArterie artery
- dieVollmacht power of attorney
- dieJungfräulichkeit virginity
- dieAusschüttung payout; distribution
- derZement cement; cementum
- derDiskurs discourse (verbal exchange or conversation)
- dieDoku clipping of Dokumentation; documentary
- derEnergieverbrauch energy consumption / expenditure
- dieLilie lily, lilium (flower); fleur-de-lis
- derMatchball match point
- derAufschrei outcry; scream, squeal, shriek
- derSchnürsenkel shoelace
- diePositionierung positioning
- derScheiterhaufen stake (pile of stakes used for execution by burning); pyre, funeral pyre
- dieTiefgarage underground parking
- dieVersöhnung reconciliation
- derWink wave (a loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands); sign
- derRadius radius (bone); radius (line segment)
- derGefreiter lance corporal (military rank) (male or of unspecified gender)
- derPharao pharaoh
- dieAbweichung aberration, deviation
- dieAchse axis; axle
- dieLiebesgeschichte love story
- dieAltlast contaminated site, hazardous site; contaminated waste, hazardous material
- dieBenachrichtigung notification
- derBuchladen bookstore, bookshop
- derBetrachter beholder, observer, viewer
- dieBrauerei brewery
- derGewerkschafter unionist, trade unionist
- derTitan Titan; titan
- derStiel stalk (thin stem); stipe
- dieGalaxis Galaxy (especially our Milky Way galaxy)
- dasRessentiment resentment
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.