Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 8,881–8,940
Words 8,881 to 8,940 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieLunte fuse; attenuated and slightly twisted roving. See :de:Wikipedia:Spinnen (Garn) and…
- Unkosten side costs that must be added to the estimated main costs or deduced from a profit;…
- dieNahaufnahme close-up
- dieKonvention convention
- derTelefonanruf telephone call
- dasFleischbällchen meatball
- dasBanjo banjo
- dieDelle dent; hollow
- derFleiß diligence, industriousness, assiduity, assiduousness, effort, hard work
- dasChloroform chloroform
- dasArbeitslosengeld dole money, unemployment benefit(s), unemployment compensation
- Cicero cicero; the 5th of the 7 traditional German sizes of type, between Korpus and Mittel,…
- derBergmann miner (male or of unspecified sex); a surname originating as an occupation
- derPatriotismus patriotism
- dasHerzversagen heart failure
- derEinmarsch invasion
- dieEnergiewirtschaft energy industry / sector
- derEntdecker agent noun of entdecken; discoverer
- derRefrain chorus, refrain (repeated part of a song or poem)
- dieGezeiten tides (periodic change of the sea level)
- dieAttrappe dummy, mockup, decoy
- dieHäufigkeit frequency (rate of occurrence of anything; property of occurring often rather than…
- dieKirchengemeinde parish; parish church or its congregation
- derFlammenwerfer flamethrower (weapon); blowlamp; flame gun (similar device used for heating, burning out…
- dieLocation synonym of Veranstaltungsort
- dasMenschenfleisch human flesh
- derMeeresspiegel sea level (the nominal height of the surface of the oceans above which heights of…
- derSadist sadist
- dieNaturwissenschaft natural science
- derOppositioneller member of the opposition (male or of unspecified gender)
- dasPenaltyschiessen synonym of Elfmeterschießen
- derBauchnabel navel, bellybutton, umbilicus
- dieRegierungserklärung government statement, government policy statement
- dieZählung count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items);…
- Alimente alimony (allowance paid for someone's sustenance under court order)
- dasScheckbuch chequebook, checkbook
- dieSchifffahrt water transportation, water transport
- diePosaune trombone
- derStadtpräsident Lord Mayor (mayor of a major city)
- derHitzkopf hothead
- dieArbeiterklasse working class
- derGeizhals miser, skinflint
- dieNordseite north side
- dieGouvernante governess
- derUnglücksort scene of the accident
- dieHandgranate hand grenade
- dieVereinfachung simplification
- dieAnschrift an address
- dasFragment fragment
- dasMetier métier, profession
- dasLacrosse lacrosse
- derIgel hedgehog
- derCougar cougar (woman who has sexual relations with younger men)
- derHausmann caretaker, janitor; househusband, house husband
- derBalkanstaat Balkan state
- dieBegutachtung assessment
- dieRevolte revolt
- derTeer tar
- dieEmanzipation emancipation
- dieAorta aorta
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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.