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.

  1. derPianist pianist (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Pianisten C2
  2. dieKörpersprache body language noun C2
  3. dieHalsschlagader carotid, carotid artery noun pl. Halsschlagadern C2
  4. dieAbwanderung emigration noun pl. Abwanderungen C2
  5. dieInsassin female passenger; female inhabitant noun pl. Insassinnen C2
  6. dasBaujahr model year; year of construction noun pl. Baujahre C2
  7. dieBestürzung dismay, consternation noun C2
  8. derBeteiligter participant (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Beteiligte C2
  9. derZaster money noun C2
  10. derBlockbuster blockbuster (popular film that achieves enormous sales) noun C2
  11. dieBlutentnahme blood-taking (the taking of a blood sample) noun pl. Blutentnahmen C2
  12. dieBohle thick board or plank noun pl. Bohlen C2
  13. derComedian comedian; female comedian noun pl. Comedians C2
  14. dasBlackjack blackjack (card game) noun C2
  15. derDreher agent noun of drehen; turner; turner, lathe operator noun C2
  16. dieEinlagensicherung deposit protection noun pl. Einlagensicherungen C2
  17. derUterus uterus noun pl. Uteri C2
  18. derEssay essay, usually on scientific, cultural or sociological subjects for publication in a… noun pl. Essays C2
  19. dieNahrungskette food chain noun pl. Nahrungsketten C2
  20. derFeminismus feminism noun pl. Feminismen C2
  21. derFußballverband football association noun pl. Fußballverbände C2
  22. dieAusflucht escape; excuse, prevarication noun pl. Ausflüchte C2
  23. derMündel ward (minor looked after by a guardian); female ward (female minor looked after by a… noun C2
  24. dieChinesin female person from China noun pl. Chinesinnen C2
  25. dasKrisenmanagement crisis management (process by which an organization deals with a disruptive event that… noun pl. Krisenmanagements C2
  26. dieSense scythe (instrument for mowing grass etc.); end of story, finish noun pl. Sensen C2
  27. derKursanstieg price increase, rise in share price (an upward movement in the value of a security or… noun pl. Kursanstiege C2
  28. derSchönheitssalon beauty parlor, beauty parlour noun pl. Schönheitssalons C2
  29. dieLesart reading, way of deciphering a text that is ambiguous (e.g. because it lacks diacritics,… noun pl. Lesarten C2
  30. dieMaschinenpistole submachine gun noun pl. Maschinenpistolen C2
  31. derMagdeburger Magdeburgian, Magdeburger (native or inhabitant of the city of Magdeburg, the capital of… noun C2
  32. derNenner denominator (the number or expression written below the line in a fraction) noun C2
  33. dieNothilfe relief, humanitarian aid noun pl. Nothilfen C2
  34. dasOrdnungsamt public order office, municipal authority for code enforcement in Austria and Germany. noun pl. Ordnungsämter C2
  35. diePyrotechnik pyrotechnics noun C2
  36. dasRaster raster (pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image); framework, schema noun C2
  37. derReeder shipowner (male or of unspecified sex) noun C2
  38. derSelbstmordanschlag suicide attack noun pl. Selbstmordanschläge C2
  39. dasKorsett corset noun pl. Korsette C2
  40. derSoziologe sociologist (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Soziologen C2
  41. derSpirit spirit (mental disposition, ethos, especially one shared among a group; energy,… noun pl. Spirits C2
  42. dieDialyse dialysis noun pl. Dialysen C2
  43. derStratege strategist noun pl. Strategen C2
  44. derSüdtiroler South Tyrolean (person) noun C2
  45. dieUnterhaltungselektronik consumer electronics, entertainment electronics noun C2
  46. dasReptil A reptile; the cold-blooded vertebrate. noun pl. Reptilien C2
  47. dieVerwüstung ravage, havoc, devastation, desolation; desertification noun pl. Verwüstungen C2
  48. dasZutun assistance; to close noun C2
  49. dieZwickmühle double mill; dilemma; Catch-22; quagmire; predicament; quandary (position in which one… noun pl. Zwickmühlen C2
  50. dieVariable variable noun C2
  51. dieZeche mine, pit; bill noun pl. Zechen C2
  52. dieMette Matins noun pl. Metten C2
  53. dasEinzelzimmer single room noun C2
  54. diePunktzahl score noun pl. Punktzahlen C2
  55. derPaparazzo paparazzo (freelance photographer of celebrities) noun pl. Paparazzi C2
  56. dieÜbermittlung transmission, transfer noun pl. Übermittlungen C2
  57. derAffront affront noun pl. Affronts C2
  58. derHaferbrei oatmeal, porridge noun pl. Haferbreie C2
  59. dasAuktionshaus auctioneers noun pl. Auktionshäuser C2
  60. dieMacke quirk (odd behaviour of someone); defect, flaw noun pl. Macken 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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