Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 8,821–8,880
Continuing the list — words 8,821 to 8,880 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.
- derPianist pianist (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieKörpersprache body language
- dieHalsschlagader carotid, carotid artery
- dieAbwanderung emigration
- dieInsassin female passenger; female inhabitant
- dasBaujahr model year; year of construction
- dieBestürzung dismay, consternation
- derBeteiligter participant (male or of unspecified gender)
- derZaster money
- derBlockbuster blockbuster (popular film that achieves enormous sales)
- dieBlutentnahme blood-taking (the taking of a blood sample)
- dieBohle thick board or plank
- derComedian comedian; female comedian
- dasBlackjack blackjack (card game)
- derDreher agent noun of drehen; turner; turner, lathe operator
- dieEinlagensicherung deposit protection
- derUterus uterus
- derEssay essay, usually on scientific, cultural or sociological subjects for publication in a…
- dieNahrungskette food chain
- derFeminismus feminism
- derFußballverband football association
- dieAusflucht escape; excuse, prevarication
- derMündel ward (minor looked after by a guardian); female ward (female minor looked after by a…
- dieChinesin female person from China
- dasKrisenmanagement crisis management (process by which an organization deals with a disruptive event that…
- dieSense scythe (instrument for mowing grass etc.); end of story, finish
- derKursanstieg price increase, rise in share price (an upward movement in the value of a security or…
- derSchönheitssalon beauty parlor, beauty parlour
- dieLesart reading, way of deciphering a text that is ambiguous (e.g. because it lacks diacritics,…
- dieMaschinenpistole submachine gun
- derMagdeburger Magdeburgian, Magdeburger (native or inhabitant of the city of Magdeburg, the capital of…
- derNenner denominator (the number or expression written below the line in a fraction)
- dieNothilfe relief, humanitarian aid
- dasOrdnungsamt public order office, municipal authority for code enforcement in Austria and Germany.
- diePyrotechnik pyrotechnics
- dasRaster raster (pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image); framework, schema
- derReeder shipowner (male or of unspecified sex)
- derSelbstmordanschlag suicide attack
- dasKorsett corset
- derSoziologe sociologist (male or of unspecified gender)
- derSpirit spirit (mental disposition, ethos, especially one shared among a group; energy,…
- dieDialyse dialysis
- derStratege strategist
- derSüdtiroler South Tyrolean (person)
- dieUnterhaltungselektronik consumer electronics, entertainment electronics
- dasReptil A reptile; the cold-blooded vertebrate.
- dieVerwüstung ravage, havoc, devastation, desolation; desertification
- dasZutun assistance; to close
- dieZwickmühle double mill; dilemma; Catch-22; quagmire; predicament; quandary (position in which one…
- dieVariable variable
- dieZeche mine, pit; bill
- dieMette Matins
- dasEinzelzimmer single room
- diePunktzahl score
- derPaparazzo paparazzo (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- dieÜbermittlung transmission, transfer
- derAffront affront
- derHaferbrei oatmeal, porridge
- dasAuktionshaus auctioneers
- dieMacke quirk (odd behaviour of someone); defect, flaw
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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