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
  1. dieMagd maid; female servant, especially on a farm; virgin noun pl. Mägde C2
  2. derSchultag schoolday noun pl. Schultage C2
  3. dieReha rehab (rehabilitation); rehab (institution) noun pl. Rehas C2
  4. dieZiellinie finish line noun pl. Ziellinien C2
  5. derRabe raven; the constellation Corvus noun pl. Raben C2
  6. dieMalerei painting (action or activity) noun pl. Malereien C2
  7. dieSelbstzerstörung self-destruction; self-destruct noun pl. Selbstzerstörungen C2
  8. derSmiley a simplified ideogram representing human facial expressions, especially a smiling or… noun pl. Smileys C2
  9. derBöller firecracker; a gun or cannon used for salutes noun C2
  10. derVorarbeiter foreman (male or of unspecified gender) noun C2
  11. dieEndrunde finals (of a tournament); final lap (of a race); final round (e.g. boxing). noun pl. Endrunden C2
  12. dieNeigung propensity; inclination, incline noun pl. Neigungen C2
  13. dieSchweigepflicht vow of silence; confidentiality requirement (e.g. physician-patient, attorney-client, or… noun pl. Schweigepflichten C2
  14. derIndustriestaat industrialized country noun pl. Industriestaaten C2
  15. dasKleinkind child under six years old, pre-school-age child noun pl. Kleinkinder C2
  16. dieMarkierung mark, marking, tag; marker noun pl. Markierungen C2
  17. dieKrähe crow noun pl. Krähen C2
  18. derNachtrag addendum (something to be added) noun pl. Nachträge C2
  19. derKnüppel cudgel noun C2
  20. derRadler shandy (beer mixed with lemonade); cyclist noun C2
  21. derRechtsverteidiger right back noun C2
  22. dasKaff backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village); chaff noun pl. Käffer C2
  23. dieStrafverfolgung criminal prosecution noun pl. Strafverfolgungen C2
  24. derStrohhalm straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant); drinking straw noun pl. Strohhalme C2
  25. dieAura aura noun pl. Auren C2
  26. dieWirtschaftssanktion economic sanction noun pl. Wirtschaftssanktionen C2
  27. derGig gig (performing engagement by a musical group, usually used when referring to events… noun pl. Gigs C2
  28. dieArterie artery noun pl. Arterien C2
  29. dieVollmacht power of attorney noun pl. Vollmachten C2
  30. dieJungfräulichkeit virginity noun C2
  31. dieAusschüttung payout; distribution noun pl. Ausschüttungen C2
  32. derZement cement; cementum noun pl. Zemente C2
  33. derDiskurs discourse (verbal exchange or conversation) noun pl. Diskurse C2
  34. dieDoku clipping of Dokumentation; documentary noun pl. Dokus C2
  35. derEnergieverbrauch energy consumption / expenditure noun C2
  36. dieLilie lily, lilium (flower); fleur-de-lis noun pl. Lilien C2
  37. derMatchball match point noun pl. Matchbälle C2
  38. derAufschrei outcry; scream, squeal, shriek noun pl. Aufschreie C2
  39. derSchnürsenkel shoelace noun C2
  40. diePositionierung positioning noun pl. Positionierungen C2
  41. derScheiterhaufen stake (pile of stakes used for execution by burning); pyre, funeral pyre noun C2
  42. dieTiefgarage underground parking noun pl. Tiefgaragen C2
  43. dieVersöhnung reconciliation noun pl. Versöhnungen C2
  44. derWink wave (a loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands); sign noun pl. Winke C2
  45. derRadius radius (bone); radius (line segment) noun pl. Radii C2
  46. derGefreiter lance corporal (military rank) (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Gefreite C2
  47. derPharao pharaoh noun pl. Pharaonen C2
  48. dieAbweichung aberration, deviation noun pl. Abweichungen C2
  49. dieAchse axis; axle noun pl. Achsen C2
  50. dieLiebesgeschichte love story noun pl. Liebesgeschichten C2
  51. dieAltlast contaminated site, hazardous site; contaminated waste, hazardous material noun pl. Altlasten C2
  52. dieBenachrichtigung notification noun pl. Benachrichtigungen C2
  53. derBuchladen bookstore, bookshop noun pl. Buchläden C2
  54. derBetrachter beholder, observer, viewer noun C2
  55. dieBrauerei brewery noun pl. Brauereien C2
  56. derGewerkschafter unionist, trade unionist noun C2
  57. derTitan Titan; titan noun pl. Titanen C2
  58. derStiel stalk (thin stem); stipe noun pl. Stiele C2
  59. dieGalaxis Galaxy (especially our Milky Way galaxy) noun C2
  60. dasRessentiment resentment noun pl. Ressentiments C2

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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