Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 8,581–8,640
Continuing the list — words 8,581 to 8,640 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.
- derCampingplatz an area where people may place tents, caravans, and the like; a campsite; a caravan site
- derOger ogre (in fairy tales, a brutish giant)
- derCupcake cupcake
- derZusammenprall crash
- derBarren bar, ingot; parallel bars
- derKeil a wedge; a pile
- derKnirps little chap; folding umbrella
- derZahnschmerz toothache
- dieKonserve preserved food; tin, can
- dieKorrespondenz correspondence
- dieKommunion communion (ecclesiastical unity); Communion (sacrament)
- derAbschiedskuss farewell kiss
- dieÖffentlichkeitsarbeit public relations (profession); outreach
- derAbschlussbericht final report
- derBadener someone from Baden
- derBaumeister master builder
- dasBeisein presence, company; to be with or in the presence of someone
- dasFerienhaus holiday home
- derBergbau mining; mining industry
- dieBeschimpfung name-calling, slander
- derDienstwagen official car, company car
- dieDoppelspitze dual leadership; attack formation with two strikers
- dieEigenkapitalquote equity ratio (a financial ratio that indicates the relative proportion of equity used to…
- dieErkennung recognition, identification; detection
- derBienenstock hive, beehive (artificial structure for housing bees, including the swarm and its combs)
- dasGlühwürmchen glowworm, firefly
- derTeint complexion
- dasGraffiti graffiti
- dieHilflosigkeit helplessness
- dasTestosteron testosterone
- derKlacks something unimportant or easy; blob, dab
- dieLeistungssteigerung performance enhancement
- dasNebenzimmer neighbouring room, adjacent room
- derGaumen palate (roof of the mouth); the sense of taste
- dieLiege a flat or slightly inclined piece of furniture upon which one can recline or lie down,…
- derSpray spray
- dieMietwohnung rented apartment
- derMilchbauer dairy farmer (of male or unspecified sex); milkman
- dasNachspiel postlude, epilogue (final part of a piece); synonym of Nachspielzeit (“injury time”)
- dieEkstase ecstasy
- dieNationalversammlung national assembly
- dieRaupe caterpillar (larva)
- derPneu air tyre
- dieGarnele shrimp (decapod crustacean)
- derPopulist populist (male or of unspecified sex) (usually in a negative sense, one who…
- derPrivatsender commercial broadcaster
- derTrieb sprout; drive (desire or interest)
- derRostocker a native or inhabitant of Rostock; of Rostock
- derHühnerstall henhouse (house for chickens to live in)
- derRückbau dismantling, demolition
- dasCholesterin cholesterol
- dieFanfare fanfare
- derPfau peacock; the constellation Pavo
- derWahltag election day
- dasKriegsrecht martial law; laws of war
- derPolizeischutz police protection
- derSpargel asparagus
- derPolizeiwagen police car (vehicle used by a police officer)
- derSchulhof schoolyard
- derSpuk collective word for apparitions or actions of ghosts, haunting, supernatural (usually…
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.