Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,441–1,500
Continuing the list — words 1,441 to 1,500 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.
- derExkurs digression
- dasLeitbild model; mission statement
- dieDemontage dismantling
- dieStagnation stagnation
- dieEntscheidungsfindung decision-making
- dieHemmungslosigkeit lack of restraint
- dieVerfeinerung refinement, improvement
- dieGepflogenheit habit (action done on a regular basis)
- dieAusgangslage original position; starting situation
- dieStellenanzeige job advertisement
- dieDifferenzierung differentiation
- dieProportion proportion
- dieEntwicklungsstufe evolutionary stage
- dasNarrativ narrative (representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of…
- dieBeklommenheit trepidation, uneasiness, apprehensiveness
- dieEigenheit singularity (the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual);…
- derMissmut discontent, moroseness
- dieVeranschaulichung illustration
- dieVerbissenheit
- dieVerhältnismäßigkeit proportionality
- dieAuslassung omission; utterance
- dieGrübelei brooding; rumination
- diePietät reverence, piety, respect
- diePolemik polemics
- dieGegebenheit condition, situation; fact, datum
- dieWiderspiegelung reflection (the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected); mirroring
- dieDemaskierung unmasking
- dieArtikulation articulation (clarity of speech); articulation
- dieBekräftigung affirmation, confirmation, corroboration
- dieWettbewerbsfähigkeit competitiveness
- derGrenzfall borderline case
- dieAusprägung characteristic, peculiarity; distinctness, markedness
- dieLegitimierung legitimation
- dieFokussierung focusing
- dieQualifizierung qualification
- dieRegulation regulation
- dieAussagekraft validity; significance
- dieSignifikanz significance
- dieTrivialität triviality, banality, shallowness, triteness; trifle
- dasWerturteil value judgment
- diePlausibilität plausibility
- dieCharakteristik characteristic (distinguishing feature)
- dieEtymologie etymology
- dieVerworrenheit confusion; muddledness
- dieRaffgier greed
- dieFreizeitaktivität
- derIndikativ indicative (the indicative mood or mode)
- dasErfordernis need, necessity
- dieBiegsamkeit pliability
- dieEinbettung embedding
- dieDesillusion disillusion
- dieAbstufung gradation
- dieAngemessenheit adequacy, sufficiency, aptness, appropriateness
- dieVorbedingung precondition (preexisting requirement); prerequisite
- dasKernproblem
- dieBezugnahme reference
- derMinimalismus minimalism
- dieAlchimie alternative form of Alchemie (“alchemy”)
- derKritikpunkt point of criticism
- dieFremdartigkeit
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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