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.
- derSchmuggel smuggling
- dieWaffenkammer armoury, gun room
- dasGefangenenlager prison camp
- dieBerlinerin female Berliner (female person from Berlin)
- derBielefelder someone from the city of Bielefeld; of Bielefeld
- dieDruckerei printing house, printery; art of printing
- dieDuldung tolerance; temporary suspension of the deportation of a foreign individual
- derEuropapokal umbrella term for any tournament competition for clubs at the European level, (for…
- derFranke Franconian (person from the German region of Franconia (Franken), northern Bavaria);…
- dieAbreibung abrasion; beating
- dasFreundschaftsspiel friendly match
- dieGangart gait (way of walking)
- dasGebilde construction, formation, structure; shape, pattern, figure
- dasGestein rock, mass of stone, especially as part of the crust of the earth
- derHandelsstart start of trading (the commencement of the official trading session on an exchange);…
- dasHeadset headset
- dieBandage bandage
- derDödel fool, idiot; dick, cock (penis)
- diePflegekraft caregiver, nurse
- derPlot plot
- derRentenmarkt bond market
- dieRevue revue
- dasSparpaket austerity package (package of spending cuts)
- dasWeißbrot white bread
- derTitelkampf title fight (match to determine the winner of a championship)
- dieTücke malice, spite, deceit, guile, trickery; pitfall, danger
- derDrogentest drug test
- derUrwald primeval forest, virgin forest; jungle
- dieVermietung renting
- dasZink zinc; cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval,…
- dieHungersnot famine
- derSeher seer (one who fortells the future)
- derSchulbus school bus
- derPlunder junk, rubbish; Danish pastry
- dieArbeitslosenzahl unemployment figure, unemployment rate
- dasFrisbee frisbee; frisbee (flying disk)
- derArbeitsvertrag employment contract
- derAtomausstieg nuclear power phase-out
- dasGewaltverbrechen violent crime
- dasGummibärchen gummy bear
- dieSchuhgröße shoe size
- derSandmann sandman
- dasGel gel
- dieArmbanduhr wristwatch
- derRacker rascal
- dasR-Gespräch collect call, reversed charge call
- derDrehbuchautor screenwriter
- dasWohlwollen goodwill; favour; sympathy; benevolence; benignity
- derEinhalt stop
- dieErmittlungsbehörde synonym of Strafverfolgungsbehörde
- derLatino Latino (person from Latin America or with a Latin American background)
- dieFreizügigkeit generosity, largess; freedom of movement
- derGastarbeiter guest worker, migrant worker, foreign worker (male or of unspecified gender)
- derGewalttäter violent criminal
- derGnom gnome, goblin, dwarf
- dieInnenseite inner side, inner surface, inside, interior, inside page (printing), wrong side (WS,…
- dieVermählung marriage
- derKurzfilm short film; clip
- dieKür choice; free skating
- derLöwenanteil lion's share
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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