Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 6,961–7,020
Words 6,961 to 7,020 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- derNormalfall rule (normal case)
- derAsiate Asian (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieProvinzhauptstadt provincial capital
- derSchützling protégé(e)
- dieVerfilmung filming (of documents etc); adaptation (especially of a book to make a film)
- derSteinbruch quarry (site for mining stone); Kőbánya (a district of Budapest)
- derKult cult (religious ritual); something iconic, emblematic, famous, that has a cult following
- dieWindkraft wind power (power harnessed from the wind)
- dieZielsetzung ambition, aim, goal, purpose, objective
- derSpeisesaal dining hall
- dasSchmuckstück jewellery
- derMeineid a perjury, a deliberately false oath about something in the past; any broken oath, e.g.…
- dieVerdammnis damnation
- derBogenschütze An archer, who shoots arrows from a bow
- dieBrosche brooch
- dasGewächshaus greenhouse, hothouse, forcing house
- dieÄsthetik aesthetics (the study of art or beauty); aesthetic (that which appeals to the senses)
- dieTransplantation transplantation
- derArchäologe archaeologist (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieOrgie orgy
- dieAustragung holding, staging
- dieSchwingung oscillation; vibration, undulation
- dasEmirat emirate (country or province ruled by an emir)
- dieEnge tightness, narrowness
- derFaschist fascist, Fascist
- derFollower follower
- dieMalaria malaria
- derIntendant director (artistic director), manager (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieZeitbombe time bomb
- dieDamentoilette ladies' toilet, ladies' room
- dieSchulung training; a (specific) training course, training event
- derZeitvertreib pastime
- dieMeditation meditation
- dieKur treatment at a health resort; cure, regimen
- derHeuhaufen haystack, hayrick
- dasVerlies dungeon (historic prison in a vault); an underground prison or place of captivity
- derVierbeiner quadruped; four-legged animal, especially of dogs and cats
- derCracker cracker (dry, thin, crispy baked bread)
- derKnüller an exciting article, news story, or piece of information; a sensation, bombshell;…
- derPJ (slang, pronounced by the English letter names) initialism of Privatjet
- dasKartenspiel card game; pack (of cards)
- dieZeugenaussage testimony
- dieErregung excitation; arousal, stimulation
- derTorus torus (shape)
- dieMonarchie monarchy
- dieBrautjungfer bridesmaid (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony)
- dieAbgrenzung demarcation; differentiation
- dieAussprache pronunciation; discussion, debate, talk
- dieAnstellung job, employment
- dasPlasma plasma
- dieDichte density
- derTurnschuh gymnastic shoe; athletic shoe, sport shoe
- dieHommage homage
- dieInquisition Inquisition
- dieSchminke make-up
- dieLuftverschmutzung air pollution
- dieMehreinnahme additional receipt, additional revenue
- dieKathedrale cathedral
- derPavillon pavilion; gazebo
- derPhilharmoniker member of a philharmonic orchestra
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.