Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,741–1,800
Continuing the list — words 1,741 to 1,800 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.
- diePressekonferenz press conference
- dieRegie direction (work of the director in cinema or theater)
- dasGefecht combat, action, enemy contact; fight, encounter, a skirmish or a segment of a battle
- diePension boarding house, pension; retirement benefit, old age pension
- derStab rod, staff, baton; staff (employees)
- dieAuszeit time-out; time-out, hiatus
- dieReinigung cleaning, cleansing, purification; dry cleaner
- dieBatterie battery (unit of artillery); a row (an array of similar things)
- derRhythmus rhythm (variation of strong and weak emphasis over time, e.g. in music or speech);…
- dieSchüssel bowl, platter; basin
- derEntführer agent noun of entführen; abductor
- dieSackgasse dead-end street; cul-de-sac; dead end (something that does not lead one to the intended…
- dieFlüssigkeit liquid
- derVorsprung projection, prominence, protrusion; ledge
- derAusbruch outbreak, beginning (of an epidemic, war, etc); escape; breakout, breaking out (of…
- dieBeleidigung insult (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
- derNachfolger successor
- dasMotto motto, slogan
- derRekord record (most extreme known value of some achievement)
- dieKlaviermusik
- dieMischung mix, mixture; shuffle
- derSchwung a swinging motion, sweep; a quantity so swept, (hence colloquial) any large amount
- dasGeschlecht sex; gender
- dieDistanz distance
- dieEmpfehlung recommendation
- dasStipendium scholarship (grant-in-aid to a student)
- dieInspiration inspiration (exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or…
- derGewahrsam custody (effective control of a physical object, possessio naturalis); custody of a…
- diePräsidentin president (female); chairman, chairperson, chair (female), chairwoman
- dieEntlassung release; dismissal
- dieTodesstrafe capital punishment, death penalty
- derUmkreis surroundings; circumcircle
- dieGarantie guarantee; warranty
- derSprecher a speaker; one who speaks (male or unspecified sex); especially:
- dieChemie chemistry
- derTechniker technician, technologist, engineer (male or of unspecified gender) (frequently used in…
- derErmittler investigator, detective
- dieFälschung counterfeit, forgery
- dasLebewesen organism (any living thing); creature; an animal or human
- dasLösegeld ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- Nachkommen inflection of Nachkomme:
- dieStiftung foundation
- dieMörderin murderer, assassin, assassinator, cutthroat, killer, slayer (all female)
- dieAbkürzung abbreviation; shortcut
- dieBestrafung punishment
- derSturz fall; architrave, lintel
- derMandant client (of a lawyer)
- dasSprichwort saying, proverb, adage, maxim (phrase)
- dasMinisterium ministry
- dieRückseite back, reverse side
- dieWildnis wilderness
- derSchlamassel trouble, difficult situation, misfortune
- derSenat senate
- Punkten dative plural of Punkt
- dieVerschwendung waste
- derWettkampf contest (competition)
- dieBeschwerde complaint (a grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining);…
- dasTrommeln gerund of trommeln
- diePremiere premiere
- derGeschäftsführer managing director (male or of unspecified gender)
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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