Vocabulary · Nouns

German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 8,701–8,760

Continuing the list — words 8,701 to 8,760 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. derRiesenspaß a lot of fun; a blast noun C2
  2. derMost fruit juice; must (of grapes); new wine; fruit wine noun pl. Moste C2
  3. derNachgang (later) addition, after the fact noun pl. Nachgänge C2
  4. derOppositionspolitiker politician of the opposition noun C2
  5. derGer throwing spear used by Germanic peoples noun pl. Gere C2
  6. dieEmpfangsdame female receptionist noun pl. Empfangsdamen C2
  7. dasShooting photo shoot noun pl. Shootings C2
  8. dieZwillingsschwester twin sister noun pl. Zwillingsschwestern C2
  9. dieSolarzelle solar cell (semiconductor device) noun pl. Solarzellen C2
  10. dasWaffenlager arsenal, armory, weapons store, arms depot, ordnance depot, weapons depot noun C2
  11. dieVerkündung rendition; proclamation noun pl. Verkündungen C2
  12. dieVersorgungssicherheit security of supply (the certainty that a specific good or service, especially energy or… noun pl. Versorgungssicherheiten C2
  13. derAal eel; bad crease or crumple noun pl. Aale C2
  14. dieWasserkraft hydropower, waterpower noun C2
  15. derNotausgang emergency exit, fire escape noun pl. Notausgänge C2
  16. derLandeplatz landing site, landing field, airfield; landing place noun pl. Landeplätze C2
  17. derAuspuff exhaust (exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle) noun pl. Auspuffe C2
  18. derStoffwechsel metabolism noun C2
  19. derGestaltwandler shapeshifter (male or of unspecified gender); skinwalker (male or of unspecified gender)… noun C2
  20. dieSchatzkammer treasure chamber, treasury; treasury department noun pl. Schatzkammern C2
  21. derKronleuchter chandelier noun C2
  22. derHashtag hashtag noun pl. Hashtags C2
  23. dasBrautkleid A bridal gown, wedding dress as worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony noun pl. Brautkleider C2
  24. diePein torment; agony; pain noun pl. Peinen C2
  25. dieÜberlastung overload noun pl. Überlastungen C2
  26. derAnklang appeal, approval; reminiscence noun pl. Anklänge C2
  27. derEisberg iceberg noun pl. Eisberge C2
  28. derAperitif apéritif noun pl. Aperitife C2
  29. derSelbstmörder one who commits suicide; a suicide; suicide victim (male or of unspecified gender) noun C2
  30. dieBraunkohle lignite, brown coal noun pl. Braunkohlen C2
  31. derBrühl enclosed land; meadow or wet meadow (swampy or moory meadow), noun pl. Brühle C2
  32. derKokon cocoon (protective shell of a pupa) noun pl. Kokons C2
  33. derGrenzschutz border guard noun C2
  34. dasKarnickel rabbit noun C2
  35. dieHepatitis hepatitis noun pl. Hepatitiden C2
  36. derJenaer A native or inhabitant of Jena, Thuringia; of Jena noun C2
  37. derKabarettist cabaretist noun pl. Kabarettisten C2
  38. derRosenkranz rosary (set of prayers; chain of beads used therefore); a wreath made of rose twigs noun pl. Rosenkränze C2
  39. derKurssprung price jump, surge in share price (a sudden and significant increase in the value of a… noun pl. Kurssprunge C2
  40. dieSphäre sphere (region of activity) noun pl. Sphären C2
  41. dasLandei egg from a small, free-range farm; hillbilly; country bumpkin noun pl. Landeier C2
  42. dieMusikschule music school noun pl. Musikschulen C2
  43. dasPaderborner a kind of beer from Paderborn, Germany; a kind of mixed rye bread (roggenbrot) shaped… noun C2
  44. derPodcast podcast noun pl. Podcasts C2
  45. derPublikumsliebling audience favorite noun pl. Publikumslieblinge C2
  46. dieSchippe shovel; used as a typical property of manual labourers noun pl. Schippen C2
  47. dieSchutzmaßnahme safeguard, precaution (safety measure) noun pl. Schutzmaßnahmen C2
  48. derStarkregen intense rain, torrential rain noun C2
  49. dasStimmvolk the electorate, the body of voters (the collective of citizens entitled to vote,… noun pl. Stimmvolke C2
  50. derSuperreicher superrich noun pl. Superreiche C2
  51. dieLauer lurk noun C2
  52. derTatbestand element (required aspect or component of a cause of action) (also collective as… noun pl. Tatbestände C2
  53. derThurgauer a native or inhabitant of Thurgau, a canton of Switzerland.; of Thurgau noun C2
  54. derAnkläger prosecutor, accuser noun C2
  55. dieUntersuchungskommission investigative commission noun pl. Untersuchungskommissionen C2
  56. derWarnstreik token strike, warning strike noun pl. Warnstreiks C2
  57. dieWohnungstür apartment door noun pl. Wohnungstüren C2
  58. dieVerdauung digestion noun C2
  59. dieSäuberung purge, cleansing, cleanup; purge, cleansing noun pl. Säuberungen C2
  60. dieHexenjagd witch-hunt noun pl. Hexenjagden 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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