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.

  1. dieFatamorgana alternative spelling of Fata Morgana noun pl. Fatamorganas B2
  2. dasFormbewusstsein sense of form; formal awareness noun B2
  3. derGestus noun B2
  4. dieHerausarbeitung elaboration; working out noun pl. Herausarbeitungen B2
  5. derKerngedanke noun pl. Kerngedanken B2
  6. dieKorrumpierung corruption; act of corrupting noun pl. Korrumpierungen B2
  7. dieLeitfrage guiding question; key question noun pl. Leitfragen B2
  8. dieLimitierung limitation noun pl. Limitierungen B2
  9. derMoralismus moralism noun B2
  10. dieNarration noun pl. Narrationen B2
  11. derParallelismus parallelism noun pl. Parallelismen B2
  12. dieRhetorik rhetoric noun pl. Rhetoriken B2
  13. dieSagenhaftigkeit legendary quality; fabulousness noun B2
  14. dieSynonymie synonymy noun pl. Synonymien B2
  15. dieWesentlichkeit materiality; essentiality noun B2
  16. dieZerrissenheit inner turmoil; dividedness noun B2
  17. dieZielstellung objective noun pl. Zielstellungen B2
  18. Regeln plural of Regel (“rule”) noun C1
  19. dieKontrolle inspection; control noun pl. Kontrollen C1
  20. dasSchicksal destiny, fate (irresistible power that predetermines events); someone's destiny, fate noun pl. Schicksale C1
  21. dasVolk people, nation, folk, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or… noun pl. Völker C1
  22. dieKönigin queen; queen (chess piece) noun pl. Königinnen C1
  23. derAuftrag assignment, job, mission; order, instructions noun pl. Aufträge C1
  24. dieOperation operation noun pl. Operationen C1
  25. derSieg victory noun pl. Siege C1
  26. derStock stick (solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller… noun pl. Stöcke C1
  27. derVerräter traitor (male or of unspecified gender) noun C1
  28. dieBeerdigung burial; funeral noun pl. Beerdigungen C1
  29. dieZelle cell (segregated room); cell noun pl. Zellen C1
  30. dasVerdächtigen gerund of verdächtigen noun C1
  31. dieLeitung cable, line, wire; conduit, pipe noun pl. Leitungen C1
  32. dasVermögen ability, capacity; fortune (lots of riches), wealth noun C1
  33. Grenzen plural of Grenze noun C1
  34. dieScheidung separation; divorce noun pl. Scheidungen C1
  35. derKünstler artist noun C1
  36. dieAngelegenheit matter, issue, affair noun pl. Angelegenheiten C1
  37. dieEwigkeit eternity noun pl. Ewigkeiten C1
  38. derWissenschaftler scientist; scholar, researcher, academic (male or of unspecified gender) noun C1
  39. derAuftritt appearance, look, comportment, behavior; entry, entrance noun pl. Auftritte C1
  40. derGeruch smell, odour; sense of smell, olfaction noun pl. Gerüche C1
  41. dieKorrektur correction noun pl. Korrekturen C1
  42. dieStellung position, posture (specific way of holding or positioning the body); position (position… noun pl. Stellungen C1
  43. derGraben ditch; trench noun pl. Gräben C1
  44. dieOrganisation organisation, organization noun pl. Organisationen C1
  45. dieKopie a copy, the result of copying something, a duplicate noun pl. Kopien C1
  46. dieKatastrophe catastrophe, disaster, calamity noun pl. Katastrophen C1
  47. derÜberfall an unanticipated violent attack, especially noun pl. Überfälle C1
  48. dieAusrüstung equipment, gear noun pl. Ausrüstungen C1
  49. dieBestie a wild and very dangerous animal, a beast, monster; a very cruel person, a monster,… noun pl. Bestien C1
  50. derAusweg way out, escape route; solution (to a predicament) noun pl. Auswege C1
  51. derAdmiral admiral (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Admirale C1
  52. dieVersion version noun pl. Versionen C1
  53. dieRettung rescue; rescue service; emergency service noun pl. Rettungen C1
  54. dieVision vision noun pl. Visionen C1
  55. derFriedhof cemetery, graveyard noun pl. Friedhöfe C1
  56. dieVerdächtige female equivalent of Verdächtiger: female suspect noun C1
  57. dasInterview interview (journalistic dialogue) noun pl. Interviews C1
  58. derAnblick view, sight, look noun pl. Anblicke C1
  59. dasExperiment experiment noun pl. Experimente C1
  60. derVorfall incident (event or occurrence); prolapse noun pl. Vorfälle C1

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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