Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 8,701–8,760
Words 8,701 to 8,760 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- derAnkläger prosecutor, accuser
- dieUntersuchungskommission investigative commission
- derWarnstreik token strike, warning strike
- dieWohnungstür apartment door
- dieVerdauung digestion
- dieSäuberung purge, cleansing, cleanup; purge, cleansing
- dieHexenjagd witch-hunt
- derBarbier barber (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieSure sura (of the Qur'an)
- derEdelmann nobleman, noble
- dieGerichtsverhandlung trial
- derBürokrat bureaucrat
- derAnleihemarkt bond market (a financial market where participants can issue new debt, known as the…
- derHilferuf call for help
- dasBesatzungsmitglied crew member
- derBewerb synonym of Wettbewerb
- derBundeshaushalt federal budget
- derOberstleutnant lieutenant colonel; wing commander
- dasEstablishment establishment (long-standing elite or authority group)
- derMeeresgrund ocean floor
- derHausen Huso, genus of sturgeon; to dwell, to reside (under poor or makeshift conditions, or…
- dieWidmung dedication
- derGendarm gendarme
- derSpiritus alcohol, chiefly for technical use; breathing; a glottal consonant, usually /h/; a…
- dasHandelsabkommen trade agreement
- dieInstandhaltung maintenance
- derKarikaturist caricaturist (male or of unspecified gender)
- derMilchshake milkshake
- dieKonzeption conception; doctrine
- dieKunsthalle kunsthalle (facility that holds temporary art exhibitions)
- diePriesterin priestess (female priest); churchwoman
- dieZwangsjacke straitjacket
- dieRune rune (letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient…
- dieStaatspolizei state police; police of a state (federal subdivision), German equivalent Landespolizei
- dieMittelkonsole center console or centre console
- derCroissant croissant
- dieMuttergesellschaft parent company
- dieSpirale spiral; intrauterine device
- dieWiederbelebung reanimation; revival
- dasKauderwelsch gibberish, gobbledygook; The variety of Romansch spoken in the Swiss town of Chur…
- derBluterguss bruise
- dieAndeutung adumbration, hint
- dieSchadensbegrenzung damage control (the limiting of damage resulting from an action when damage cannot be…
- dasSchiedsgericht arbitration, arbitral court
- dieMännerstimme male voice, man's voice
- derWichtigtuer busybody, stuffed shirt, blowhard, pompous ass (US) / pompous git (UK) (male or of…
- dasSorgenkind problem child
- dieAnsammlung gathering, collection, accumulation, assemblage; crowd
- dieSprengung blasting (with explosive); sprinkling
- dasStanding standing (position or reputation in society or a profession)
- dieWarteschleife hold (telephone queue)
- derZeiger hand (of a clock or watch); pointer (similar device on other objects, typically in the…
- dieZeitlupe slow motion
- dieZivilcourage moral courage
- dasHufeisen horseshoe
- dieSpeisekammer pantry; larder
- derBypass bypass
- Schwiegereltern parents-in-law
- derKolben club, beetle; butt of a rifle
- dieLuftröhre windpipe, trachea
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.
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