Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 8,161–8,220
Words 8,161 to 8,220 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieFlex angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)
- derFrühsommer early summer
- dieGedenkstätte memorial
- dieGefängnisstrafe prison sentence, imprisonment
- dasId id
- dasIndustrieland industrialized country
- derKalifornier Californian (native or inhabitant of California)
- derPlattenspieler record player
- derTripper gonorrhea, clap
- dieMobilisierung mobilization
- dieModifikation modification
- dasMonatsende end of month, end of the month
- dasNamensschild nameplate, name tag
- diePsychose psychosis
- dieKruste crust; scab on a wound
- dasPfingsten Pentecost
- derBlinker indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US),…
- derAlk auk, any bird of the family Alcidae; alcohol (especially in the sense of “alcoholic…
- derPropeller propeller
- dasSommermärchen summer fairy tale; the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany
- derSpaziergänger walker; A top official (politischer Beamter) ordained early retirement
- derStaatsfonds sovereign wealth fund (a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial…
- dieSuchanfrage query, search request
- dieLebensmittelvergiftung food poisoning (any food-borne disease)
- derOrient Orient
- dieVerdoppelung doubling; duplication
- dieVolksschule elementary school, grade school, the “default” type of school where most children got…
- dieWertschöpfungskette value chain
- dieWindkraftanlage wind turbine
- derZugzwang zugzwang; synonym of Zugpflicht (“the rule that a player cannot forgo a move”)
- derBalg the hide of a small animal, such as a fox, hare, or bird, which is pulled off as one;…
- diePanikattacke panic attack
- dasKinderheim children's home, protectory, orphanage
- derMuttertag Mother's Day
- dasMinenfeld minefield
- derSchulabschluss graduation (action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a…
- derDetailhandel retail (sale of goods directly to the consumer)
- derEingangsbereich entry, entry area, entryway, lobby
- derBrokkoli broccoli; marijuana
- dieEinkunft income, revenue
- dieErhaltung maintenance, preservation
- dieSippe clan, kin, (small, tight-knit) tribe; family, relatives (especially extended or…
- dieFolie a piece of very thinly spread-out material; foil, metal film
- dasGedankengut mindset, philosophy
- dasBrautpaar bridal couple
- dasGesundheitsministerium health ministry
- derGrenzgänger cross-border commuter (a person who habitually crosses an international border for work…
- dieUnterredung discussion, talk (especially to resolve an issue)
- derHandelspartner trading partner (a person, company, or country that carries on trade with another)
- derNagellack nail polish, nail varnish
- derKarfreitag Good Friday
- derKrempel junk, stuff
- derMenschenhandel human trafficking
- derNeuschnee fresh snow, new snow
- derDigger digger
- dasObergeschoss upper floor (any floor that is not the ground floor)
- derOppositionsführer Leader of the Opposition
- derStorch stork (bird)
- dasSternzeichen star sign, zodiac sign; constellation
- dasParoli raise (of stakes)
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.