Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 1,261–1,320
Words 1,261 to 1,320 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieMinderheit minority
- derExport export (the act of exporting)
- dasQuartier accommodation, quarters; quarter, district, quartal, neighborhood of a city
- derSaal hall or large room (chiefly for gatherings or performances by large groups of people)
- derMangel lack, shortage (the condition of having an insufficient amount of a resource, or none at…
- dieErfindung invention; fabrication
- dieBurg castle, fortification; beaver lodge
- dieMünze money, in its senses as; a coin, a metallic piece of currency
- derAbschnitt section (cutting); paragraph
- dieMahlzeit meal; mealtime
- dieInfektion infection
- derSchinken ham, pork from the hindquarter; hams, buttocks
- dasUfer shore, shoreline; bank
- dieScheibe flat piece or surface; disc
- dasTennis tennis
- Senioren
- dieVersammlung gathering, meeting, assembly, congregation; assembly
- dasLokal A restaurant, especially when small and/or traditional; a pub that serves hot food; an…
- derHonig honey
- dieFestplatte hard disk, harddisk
- derSchein shine, gleam, flash; semblance, appearance
- dieErnte harvest
- dasKennzeichen characteristic, mark; earmark, marking, tag
- dieDose box (container made from metal or plastic, less often wood); tin, can (air-tight…
- derStau congestion, stagnancy of water or anything dammed or otherwise backed-up; weir
- derNagel A nail, the horny plate on fingers and toes of humans and certain animals which mostly…
- dieGalerie gallery (all senses)
- dasGewissen conscience (moral sense or faculty)
- derIngenieur engineer
- derAufenthalt stay; residence; presence (the state of being in a place); sojourn; stop (a short stay)
- derVerkäufer agent noun of verkaufen; seller (one who sells something)
- dieGarderobe coatrack, hallstand (piece of furniture on which clothes may be hung); cloakroom (room…
- derWirt pubkeeper; innkeeper; host (someone who receives a guest)
- derKasten crate (e.g. for bottles); box, case
- derSalon lounge; salon
- derVortrag talk, lecture
- dieWiese meadow; lawn, especially a large one, loosely also a smaller one
- dasPicknick picnic
- dasLeder leather
- dasGeschwister sibling
- derStandpunkt standpoint; stance, point of view (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)
- dieSchwangerschaft pregnancy
- diePension boarding house, pension; retirement benefit, old age pension
- dieSchrift writing, script; script (system of writing)
- dieZeile line, row; in a text or table
- dieBatterie battery (unit of artillery); a row (an array of similar things)
- dieDroge drug (psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal); drug (substance used to…
- dieSchüssel bowl, platter; basin
- dieLeiterin feminine equivalent of Leiter m (“leader”)
- dieSoße sauce, gravy
- dieFlüssigkeit liquid
- dieEnkelin granddaughter
- dieFrucht fruit (seed-bearing part of a plant); harvest, crop, produce, particularly of cereal
- Früchte
- dieÜberstunde hour of overtime; overtime
- derFriseur hairdresser, barber
- dieDiät diet
- dieKneipe pub, bar; a student’s cramped dwelling
- dasTuch cloth; piece of fabric or tissue of any kind: scarf, kerchief, blanket, towel, etc.
- dieLimonade lemonade; any carbonated soft drink, soda pop, fizzy drink (particularly kinds other…
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.
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