Vocabulary · Nouns

German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 841–900

Continuing the list — words 841 to 900 of 3,165, still commonest first. Back to the start of the list.

3,165 entries
182 at A1
286 at A2
363 at B1

Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.

  1. dieFolge sequence; consequence noun pl. Folgen B2
  2. dasRisiko risk noun pl. Risiken B2
  3. dasGewissen conscience (moral sense or faculty) noun B2
  4. dieKarriere career (occupational path); quick or steep occupational advancement noun pl. Karrieren B2
  5. diePflicht duty noun pl. Pflichten B2
  6. dieErklärung explanation; declaration, statement noun pl. Erklärungen B2
  7. dieAufmerksamkeit attention, mindfulness, attentiveness; care, courtesy, regard, thoughtfulness noun pl. Aufmerksamkeiten B2
  8. dieÜbersetzung translation; gear ratio, mechanical advantage noun pl. Übersetzungen B2
  9. dieAbsicht intention; intent noun pl. Absichten B2
  10. dieVorstellung idea, image, representation (the transcript, image, or picture of a visible object that… noun pl. Vorstellungen B2
  11. dieGerechtigkeit justice noun pl. Gerechtigkeiten B2
  12. dieUntersuchung examination, investigation noun pl. Untersuchungen B2
  13. dasGerät device, tool, appliance, machine; equipment, tools noun pl. Geräte B2
  14. dieStrafe punishment; penalty noun pl. Strafen B2
  15. dieHeimat home, home town, homeland, native land; home; homeland; place where something originated… noun pl. Heimaten B2
  16. derZweck purpose; point noun pl. Zwecke B2
  17. dasUrteil judgment (the preferred spelling in a legal context), verdict, sentence (court… noun pl. Urteile B2
  18. derVerlust loss (all senses, except defeat, for which Niederlage is used) noun pl. Verluste B2
  19. dieÖffentlichkeit public; publicity noun B2
  20. dieVerstärkung reinforcement; amplification noun pl. Verstärkungen B2
  21. derAntrag application, request; motion, proposition, petition noun pl. Anträge B2
  22. derVerdacht suspicion noun pl. Verdachte B2
  23. dieWissenschaft science (a branch of knowledge or academic discipline dealing with a systematic body of… noun pl. Wissenschaften B2
  24. derEinfluss inflow, influx; influence noun pl. Einflüsse B2
  25. dieIdentität sameness, identicalness, identity; recurring characteristics that enable recognition,… noun pl. Identitäten B2
  26. dasJahrhundert a century (period of 100 years) noun pl. Jahrhunderte B2
  27. dieLeidenschaft passion (powerful emotion); passion (desire, often sexual) noun pl. Leidenschaften B2
  28. dieRückkehr return noun B2
  29. derWiderstand resistance (act of resisting, or the capacity to resist); resistance (physics: force… noun pl. Widerstände B2
  30. dieVersicherung insurance; an insurance policy; an insurance company noun pl. Versicherungen B2
  31. dieEinstellung attitude, mindset, disposition; hiring, beginning of an employment noun pl. Einstellungen B2
  32. diePhase phase, stage, period; phase (one of the power-carrying conductors); line conductor noun pl. Phasen B2
  33. dieWirkung effect; action noun pl. Wirkungen B2
  34. dieTherapie therapy noun pl. Therapien B2
  35. dasBewusstsein consciousness, awareness noun B2
  36. dasVerfahren procedure, process; proceedings noun B2
  37. dasSteuer helm, rudder; steering wheel, the wheel noun B2
  38. dieGegenwart the present; presence (of someone/something) noun B2
  39. dasBedenken concern, objection noun B2
  40. derBegriff term, word; idea, conception, perception, understanding noun pl. Begriffe B2
  41. dasMuster example; pattern noun B2
  42. dasVerständnis understanding, comprehension; sympathy noun pl. Verständnisse B2
  43. dieAufregung excitement; agitation noun pl. Aufregungen B2
  44. dieGeneration generation noun pl. Generationen B2
  45. dieAusnahme exception; exception (interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error… noun pl. Ausnahmen B2
  46. dieHerausforderung challenge, that which encourages someone to dare more; (loosely) any task or condition… noun pl. Herausforderungen B2
  47. dasVorhaben gerund of vorhaben noun B2
  48. diePraxis practice, experience; practice, praxis (opposite of theory) noun pl. Praxen B2
  49. dasVerhältnis relation, ratio; relationship noun pl. Verhältnisse B2
  50. dieVernunft reason, good sense noun B2
  51. dieLeistung performance, accomplishment, achievement; service noun pl. Leistungen B2
  52. dieVerfassung constitution; condition, state noun pl. Verfassungen B2
  53. dieBeschreibung description noun pl. Beschreibungen B2
  54. dieForschung research noun pl. Forschungen B2
  55. diePersönlichkeit personality; personage noun pl. Persönlichkeiten B2
  56. derZusammenhang coherence, cohesion; interrelation, correlation, connection, connectivity, relation,… noun pl. Zusammenhänge B2
  57. dasMitgefühl compassion noun B2
  58. dieVereinbarung agreement, arrangement; booking (e.g., of an appointment) noun pl. Vereinbarungen B2
  59. dieErmittlung investigation, inquiry; determination, ascertaining noun pl. Ermittlungen B2
  60. dieAlternative alternative; option, choice noun pl. Alternativen B2

Common questions

How many German nouns should I know?

This list holds 3,165 nouns graded A1 to C2. 468 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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