Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 6,181–6,240
Continuing the list — words 6,181 to 6,240 of 9,109, still commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
430
at A1
402
at A2
734
at B1
Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.
- dasCello cello
- dieKühlung cooling, chilling, refrigeration
- dasLab rennet
- dieKreide a chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard); the Cretaceous
- dieTram tram; large wooden beam
- dieRennbahn racecourse, racetrack; running track
- dieTrunkenheit drunkenness, inebriation; intoxication (high excitement of mind)
- dasWahlrecht right to vote, suffrage; electoral law
- derWiesbadener A native or inhabitant of Wiesbaden
- dieGeschäftsreise business trip (travel for business purposes)
- dasBrüderchen little brother
- dieAnmut grace (elegant movement, poise or balance); elegance
- dieAbendkasse ticket office (“office where tickets may be purchased immediately before the performance”)
- dasAltersheim retirement home
- dasRiff reef; riff (instrumental melody line)
- derAuszug moveout (the act of moving out of a property); extract
- diePastete pâté; pie
- derBasispunkt basis point (one hundredth of a percent); base point
- dasChristentum Christendom; Christianity
- derHappen morsel; snack
- dieErbschaftssteuer estate tax
- dieAchterbahn rollercoaster
- dieFeierlichkeit solemnity; festive event
- derSpalt crack; split, cleavage, fissure
- dasParkhaus parking garage, multistorey car park (large building to store cars in)
- derHamster hamster
- derHöchststand peak (highest level)
- dieKapitalverkehrskontrolle capital control
- dieNotbremse emergency brake; a foul against a player who is in the course of scoring a goal,…
- dieLadyschaft Ladyship (title of a lady)
- derPinsel paintbrush; short form of Einfaltspinsel
- dasKoffein caffeine
- dieSteuererhöhung tax increase
- derPerversling perv, pervert
- dasVielfaches multiple
- derTürsteher doorman, bouncer (male or of unspecified gender)
- derSchneesturm snowstorm, blizzard
- diePubertät puberty (age at which a person becomes capable of sexual reproduction)
- dieTheke bar (table or board in a pub or restaurant); counter (similar table in a shop)
- dieMeerjungfrau mermaid
- derAnstoß impetus, initiation, trigger; offense
- derAusverkauf fire sale, clearance sale, liquidation sale
- dieBesteuerung taxation
- dasBetriebsergebnis operating income / profit
- derKrater crater; krater
- dieErzählung tale, story; narration; narrative (presentation of an event or story in a way to promote…
- derMarschall marshal; field marshal (highest military rank in some armies); marshal (officer in the…
- dieGültigkeit validity
- derGrande grandee, an influential person, especially a high-ranking member of a party, club, or…
- derPfahl stake, picket, pale; pale
- derNotstand emergency, state of emergency
- diePracht splendor, resplendence, magnificence, pomp; a municipality in northern…
- dasLysergsäure-diethylamid The psychedelic drug LSD, acid
- derPlatzverweis temporary prohibition to be on certain premises; dismissal from the playing field
- derPortugiese person from Portugal, Portuguese man
- derRummel bustle, fuss; fair, funfair
- derSchalk joker; rogue (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieSchieflage imbalance; slant
- derUrgroßvater great-grandfather
- dieDarbietung performance; skit
Common questions
How many German nouns should I know?
This list holds 9,109 nouns graded A1 to C2. 832 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.