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German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 8,161–8,220

Continuing the list — words 8,161 to 8,220 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.

  1. derSpitzenplatz top position, top spot noun pl. Spitzenplätze C2
  2. dieStätte venue, place, spot, site noun pl. Stätten C2
  3. dasUnwesen nuisance, trouble; mischief noun C2
  4. dasFeeling feeling, hunch, atmosphere noun pl. Feelings C2
  5. derSold any pay or salary of a soldier; the daily basic pay of a soldier who serves less than… noun pl. Solde C2
  6. derFaulpelz lazybones noun pl. Faulpelze C2
  7. derSurfer a person that surfs; surfer noun C2
  8. dasKittchen jail, gaol noun C2
  9. derEinsturz collapse noun pl. Einstürze C2
  10. dieEidechse A small lizard, especially of the Lacertidae family.; Lacerta (astronomical constellation) noun pl. Eidechsen C2
  11. dieVertuschung cover-up noun pl. Vertuschungen C2
  12. dieAnekdote anecdote noun pl. Anekdoten C2
  13. dasAnsinnen request; imposition; to designate noun C2
  14. dieCheerleaderin A female cheerleader. noun pl. Cheerleaderinnen C2
  15. derAußenhandel foreign trade noun C2
  16. dieBewährungsstrafe suspended sentence noun pl. Bewährungsstrafen C2
  17. derGerichtsdiener court usher, bailiff noun C2
  18. dieDiakonie (professional) social work (social welfare work) provided by churches noun pl. Diakonien C2
  19. derZaubertrick magic trick noun pl. Zaubertricks C2
  20. dasWeihwasser holy water noun pl. Weihwässer C2
  21. dieWillenskraft willpower noun pl. Willenskräfte C2
  22. derGlücksfall godsend, fluke (a stroke of luck, a lucky or improbable occurrence) noun pl. Glücksfälle C2
  23. derTaler taler (former unit of currency) noun C2
  24. derKraftstoff fuel noun pl. Kraftstoffe C2
  25. derThermometer thermometer noun C2
  26. dieGehaltsliste payroll (list of employees who receive salary, together with the amounts due to each) noun pl. Gehaltslisten C2
  27. dasFeuerholz firewood noun pl. Feuerhölzer C2
  28. dieFruchtblase amniotic sac noun pl. Fruchtblasen C2
  29. derMasterplan master plan noun pl. Masterpläne C2
  30. derLeckerbissen delicacy, tidbit noun C2
  31. diePhilharmonie philharmonic orchestra; concert hall (for Western classical orchestral music) noun pl. Philharmonien C2
  32. derGuru guru, spiritual leader noun pl. Gurus C2
  33. dieRäumung clearance (the act of clearing); eviction noun pl. Räumungen C2
  34. dieWimper eyelash; cilium (lash-like appendage of single-celled organisms; e.g. for movement) noun pl. Wimpern C2
  35. derHeimatschutz homeland security; an earlier form of Umweltschutz ("protection of the environment") noun C2
  36. derPartisan partisan (member of a body of detached light troops) noun pl. Partisanen C2
  37. derSkeptiker sceptic noun C2
  38. dieStrafverfolgungsbehörde law enforcement agency noun pl. Strafverfolgungsbehörden C2
  39. dieIntellektuelle intellectual (intelligent person, interested in intellectual matters) noun C2
  40. derTübinger A native or inhabitant of Tübingen; of Tübingen noun C2
  41. dasVersäumnis failure, omission, failing; default noun pl. Versäumnisse C2
  42. dasZahlungsmittel means of payment, payment method noun C2
  43. dieZuspitzung tapering; worsening, deterioration, intensification, escalation, culmination noun pl. Zuspitzungen C2
  44. dieKlapse loony bin noun pl. Klapsen C2
  45. dieTotenwache deathwatch noun pl. Totenwachen C2
  46. dasÄußeres the outside, exterior, the external or outer parts; appearance, form noun C2
  47. dieUngeduld impatience (quality of being impatient) noun C2
  48. dieEilmeldung breaking news noun pl. Eilmeldungen C2
  49. dieVerrücktheit craziness, madness noun pl. Verrücktheiten C2
  50. dieSpieluhr music box noun pl. Spieluhren C2
  51. dasEmpfehlungsschreiben letter of recommendation, testimonial noun C2
  52. dasÄrgernis nuisance, annoyance noun pl. Ärgernisse C2
  53. derBasketballer basketball player, basketballer (male or of unspecified sex) noun C2
  54. derSchleimer sycophant, toady; a surname noun C2
  55. dieLederjacke leather jacket noun pl. Lederjacken C2
  56. derBosnier Bosnian (citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina) noun C2
  57. dieWindpocken chickenpox noun C2
  58. dieSternschnuppe shooting star, falling star noun pl. Sternschnuppen C2
  59. dasPostfach post-office box noun pl. Postfächer C2
  60. dasFake fake, rip-off (inferior copy); fake (fraudulent presentation, such as a staged video) noun pl. Fakes C2

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.