Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,561–1,620
Continuing the list — words 1,561 to 1,620 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.
- dieFatamorgana alternative spelling of Fata Morgana
- dasFormbewusstsein sense of form; formal awareness
- derGestus
- dieHerausarbeitung elaboration; working out
- derKerngedanke
- dieKorrumpierung corruption; act of corrupting
- dieLeitfrage guiding question; key question
- dieLimitierung limitation
- derMoralismus moralism
- dieNarration
- derParallelismus parallelism
- dieRhetorik rhetoric
- dieSagenhaftigkeit legendary quality; fabulousness
- dieSynonymie synonymy
- dieWesentlichkeit materiality; essentiality
- dieZerrissenheit inner turmoil; dividedness
- dieZielstellung objective
- Regeln plural of Regel (“rule”)
- dieKontrolle inspection; control
- dasSchicksal destiny, fate (irresistible power that predetermines events); someone's destiny, fate
- dasVolk people, nation, folk, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or…
- dieKönigin queen; queen (chess piece)
- derAuftrag assignment, job, mission; order, instructions
- dieOperation operation
- derSieg victory
- derStock stick (solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller…
- derVerräter traitor (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieBeerdigung burial; funeral
- dieZelle cell (segregated room); cell
- dasVerdächtigen gerund of verdächtigen
- dieLeitung cable, line, wire; conduit, pipe
- dasVermögen ability, capacity; fortune (lots of riches), wealth
- Grenzen plural of Grenze
- dieScheidung separation; divorce
- derKünstler artist
- dieAngelegenheit matter, issue, affair
- dieEwigkeit eternity
- derWissenschaftler scientist; scholar, researcher, academic (male or of unspecified gender)
- derAuftritt appearance, look, comportment, behavior; entry, entrance
- derGeruch smell, odour; sense of smell, olfaction
- dieKorrektur correction
- dieStellung position, posture (specific way of holding or positioning the body); position (position…
- derGraben ditch; trench
- dieOrganisation organisation, organization
- dieKopie a copy, the result of copying something, a duplicate
- dieKatastrophe catastrophe, disaster, calamity
- derÜberfall an unanticipated violent attack, especially
- dieAusrüstung equipment, gear
- dieBestie a wild and very dangerous animal, a beast, monster; a very cruel person, a monster,…
- derAusweg way out, escape route; solution (to a predicament)
- derAdmiral admiral (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieVersion version
- dieRettung rescue; rescue service; emergency service
- dieVision vision
- derFriedhof cemetery, graveyard
- dieVerdächtige female equivalent of Verdächtiger: female suspect
- dasInterview interview (journalistic dialogue)
- derAnblick view, sight, look
- dasExperiment experiment
- derVorfall incident (event or occurrence); prolapse
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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.