Vocabulary · Nouns

German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 8,641–8,700

Continuing the list — words 8,641 to 8,700 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. derSchmuggel smuggling noun C2
  2. dieWaffenkammer armoury, gun room noun pl. Waffenkammern C2
  3. dasGefangenenlager prison camp noun C2
  4. dieBerlinerin female Berliner (female person from Berlin) noun pl. Berlinerinnen C2
  5. derBielefelder someone from the city of Bielefeld; of Bielefeld noun C2
  6. dieDruckerei printing house, printery; art of printing noun pl. Druckereien C2
  7. dieDuldung tolerance; temporary suspension of the deportation of a foreign individual noun pl. Duldungen C2
  8. derEuropapokal umbrella term for any tournament competition for clubs at the European level, (for… noun pl. Europapokale C2
  9. derFranke Franconian (person from the German region of Franconia (Franken), northern Bavaria);… noun pl. Franken C2
  10. dieAbreibung abrasion; beating noun pl. Abreibungen C2
  11. dasFreundschaftsspiel friendly match noun pl. Freundschaftsspiele C2
  12. dieGangart gait (way of walking) noun pl. Gangarten C2
  13. dasGebilde construction, formation, structure; shape, pattern, figure noun C2
  14. dasGestein rock, mass of stone, especially as part of the crust of the earth noun pl. Gesteine C2
  15. derHandelsstart start of trading (the commencement of the official trading session on an exchange);… noun pl. Handelsstarte C2
  16. dasHeadset headset noun pl. Headsets C2
  17. dieBandage bandage noun pl. Bandagen C2
  18. derDödel fool, idiot; dick, cock (penis) noun C2
  19. diePflegekraft caregiver, nurse noun pl. Pflegekräfte C2
  20. derPlot plot noun pl. Plots C2
  21. derRentenmarkt bond market noun pl. Rentenmärkte C2
  22. dieRevue revue noun pl. Revuen C2
  23. dasSparpaket austerity package (package of spending cuts) noun pl. Sparpakete C2
  24. dasWeißbrot white bread noun pl. Weißbrote C2
  25. derTitelkampf title fight (match to determine the winner of a championship) noun pl. Titelkämpfe C2
  26. dieTücke malice, spite, deceit, guile, trickery; pitfall, danger noun pl. Tücken C2
  27. derDrogentest drug test noun pl. Drogentests C2
  28. derUrwald primeval forest, virgin forest; jungle noun pl. Urwälder C2
  29. dieVermietung renting noun pl. Vermietungen C2
  30. dasZink zinc; cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval,… noun C2
  31. dieHungersnot famine noun pl. Hungersnöte C2
  32. derSeher seer (one who fortells the future) noun C2
  33. derSchulbus school bus noun pl. Schulbusse C2
  34. derPlunder junk, rubbish; Danish pastry noun pl. Plundern C2
  35. dieArbeitslosenzahl unemployment figure, unemployment rate noun pl. Arbeitslosenzahlen C2
  36. dasFrisbee frisbee; frisbee (flying disk) noun C2
  37. derArbeitsvertrag employment contract noun pl. Arbeitsverträge C2
  38. derAtomausstieg nuclear power phase-out noun pl. Atomausstiege C2
  39. dasGewaltverbrechen violent crime noun C2
  40. dasGummibärchen gummy bear noun C2
  41. dieSchuhgröße shoe size noun pl. Schuhgrößen C2
  42. derSandmann sandman noun pl. Sandmänner C2
  43. dasGel gel noun pl. Gele C2
  44. dieArmbanduhr wristwatch noun pl. Armbanduhren C2
  45. derRacker rascal noun C2
  46. dasR-Gespräch collect call, reversed charge call noun pl. R-Gespräche C2
  47. derDrehbuchautor screenwriter noun pl. Drehbuchautoren C2
  48. dasWohlwollen goodwill; favour; sympathy; benevolence; benignity noun C2
  49. derEinhalt stop noun C2
  50. dieErmittlungsbehörde synonym of Strafverfolgungsbehörde noun pl. Ermittlungsbehörden C2
  51. derLatino Latino (person from Latin America or with a Latin American background) noun pl. Latinos C2
  52. dieFreizügigkeit generosity, largess; freedom of movement noun pl. Freizügigkeiten C2
  53. derGastarbeiter guest worker, migrant worker, foreign worker (male or of unspecified gender) noun C2
  54. derGewalttäter violent criminal noun C2
  55. derGnom gnome, goblin, dwarf noun pl. Gnomen C2
  56. dieInnenseite inner side, inner surface, inside, interior, inside page (printing), wrong side (WS,… noun pl. Innenseiten C2
  57. dieVermählung marriage noun pl. Vermählungen C2
  58. derKurzfilm short film; clip noun pl. Kurzfilme C2
  59. dieKür choice; free skating noun pl. Küren C2
  60. derLöwenanteil lion's share noun pl. Löwenanteile 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.

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