Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 1,681–1,740
Words 1,681 to 1,740 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- derSong a song of modern popular music
- dieBilanz balance sheet, balance; result
- derÖsterreicher Austrian (“person”)
- dieSitzung meeting; session
- derTrick trick; ruse
- derAußenminister foreign minister (male or of unspecified gender)
- derKiller killer, murderer (usually either a paid killer, contract killer, gunman, hitman or a…
- derServer server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)
- dieCloud cloud, the computers of other people provided for service
- dasJahrzehnt decade
- dieKohle coal (material; either stone coal or charcoal); a coal; a piece of coal
- dasVerständnis understanding, comprehension; sympathy
- derZugriff access; grasp
- derMinister minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)
- dieStiftung foundation
- derAnlass cause, starting, motive, occasion; occasion, event, gathering
- dasSignal signal
- derStich sting, prick, stitch, stab; trick
- derTanz dance
- dieHoheit Highness; sovereignty, supremacy
- derRiese giant
- dieKooperation cooperation
- dieErlaubnis permission (authorisation)
- derInnenminister Interior Minister, Home Secretary (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieStory plot (of a novel, film, etc.); sensational story, cover story (account of sensational…
- dieZustimmung agreement (expression or indication that an agreement has been reached); approval
- derPriester priest; priest, presbyter (man who has received the sacrament of ordination)
- derAuftakt anacrusis (an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse); anacrusis
- dieVerlängerung prolongation; lengthening (process of making something longer, in space or duration);…
- derSitz seat; domicile
- derAbsturz crash; downfall, ruin
- dieGerechtigkeit justice
- derTatort crime scene (location of a crime); A German-language police procedural that has been…
- derLügner liar (one who tells lies) (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieInfrastruktur infrastructure
- dasVorfeld run-up (period of time just before an important event); apron (paved area of an airport)
- dasAmen amen (the formula); amen
- dasChaos chaos
- dieSchönheit beauty, beautifulness
- dasMotto motto, slogan
- dieFront the front end or side of something.
- dieHaltung posture (manner of holding one's body); attention
- derKritiker critic
- derIndex index; the index, maintained by the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefärdende Medien…
- dieDeckung cover; coverage
- derVorgänger predecessor (someone or something, that precedes)
- derVorsprung projection, prominence, protrusion; ledge
- dieTemperatur temperature
- diePhase phase, stage, period; phase (one of the power-carrying conductors); line conductor
- derHerrgott God, the Lord; crucifix (statue of Jesus on the cross)
- dieMeldung report, notification; report, news item
- derBastard bastard (person born to unmarried parents); bastard; mongrel (person born to parents…
- dieEinstufung classification, ranking, grading
- dieFreundschaft friendship; relations, relatives
- derVerteidiger defender (someone who defends something, e.g. a soldier); back; defender
- dieSchnauze snout; muzzle; mouth
- derKölner inhabitant or native of Cologne; of Cologne
- derFonds fund
- dieMuslime Muslimah
- derVerräter traitor (male or of unspecified gender)
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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.