Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 8,461–8,520
Words 8,461 to 8,520 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dasKopf-an-Kopf-Rennen neck and neck race
- dieSchleppe train (the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt)
- dasSonar sonar (device to determine positions of objects under water)
- derLehrplan curriculum, syllabus
- dieMimik facial expressions
- Nebenkosten side costs, additional costs
- dieHochachtung great respect
- dasSonderangebot bargain
- dasPrachtstück a gem, showpiece (something worth being shown)
- derPreisanstieg inflation (price increase)
- derLebensretter lifesaver, lifeguard
- derRadikaler a radical (person, male)
- dieRotation rotation
- dieRücksprache consultation
- derRückstau backlog, tailback
- dieSchwächung weakening, attenuation; impairment, enfeeblement
- derFrauenheld womanizer
- derSüdafrikaner a South African (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieTherme thermal spring, thermae; spa, day spa (complex with saunas, hot baths, etc.)
- dieTschechin Czech (woman from the Czech Republic)
- dieUnterwerfung subjugation; submission
- dieAugenbinde blindfold
- derVerfechter advocate, champion; stickler
- derOne-Night-Stand one-night stand
- derVolksentscheid referendum
- dieBong bong (kind of marihuana pipe)
- derNacho nacho, tortilla chip
- dasZeltlager tent camp
- dieKrippe crib (feeding trough for animals), manger; nativity scene, crèche
- derHering herring; tent peg
- dasSchlachthaus slaughterhouse
- dieGleichgültigkeit indifference
- dieFiedel violin, fiddle; vielle (medieval kind of violin)
- derNeandertaler Neanderthal (member of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis); Neanderthal…
- derSpaßvogel joker, jester
- derBluthochdruck hypertension, high blood pressure
- dieBritin Briton; British woman
- derBundesminister federal minister
- dasBürgerrecht citizenship; civil rights
- derCluster cluster; group of galaxies or stars
- dasEquipment equipment, equipage
- dasErfolgsrezept recipe for success, secret sauce
- dieFinanzierungsrunde funding round, financing round (a cycle in which a company raises money from investors…
- dasGaspedal throttle; accelerator; accelerator pedal
- derHungerstreik hunger strike
- derSoziopath sociopath
- derFummel drag (clothing)
- dieJugendarbeit youth employment; juvenile labour
- derWaschraum a washroom or bathroom that is not in a private dwelling, e.g. in a barracks or low-cost…
- dieEbbe ebb, low tide
- dieSchatulle casket (little box e.g. for jewelry)
- dieMagnum magnum
- dasMenschenrecht human right
- dieMille synonym of tausend (“thousand”), almost exclusively used of money: grand; synonym of…
- dieMillionenstadt a city with at least one million inhabitants
- derSäugling baby, infant, newborn, suckling
- derPfeifer piper
- dieAbsolution absolution
- derTampon tampon
- derTyphus typhoid fever, abdominal typhus (disease)
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.