Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,861–1,920
Continuing the list — words 1,861 to 1,920 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.
- derEntwurf draft; design, model, sketch
- dieTäuschung deception
- dasHindernis obstacle
- derMillionär millionaire (male or of unspecified gender)
- derForscher agent noun of forschen: researcher
- dieDepression depression
- derBeamter government employee, (government) official, civil servant, public servant, (police)…
- dieMehrheit majority; bulk; majority (specified as absolute Mehrheit)
- dasKapital capital; capitalists collectively
- dieAttacke attack
- dieBefreiung liberation; exemption
- dieAnzahlung deposit, down payment (portion of a price paid before service/delivery as a security for…
- derMieter renter; tenant
- dieFassung a device which holds something else, e.g. a socket for a lightbulb, the setting of a…
- dieVerwendung use, usage, application, utilization (function or purpose for which something may be…
- dieGratulation congratulation
- dieEvakuierung evacuation
- dieVernichtung destruction (the act of destroying); annihilation, extinction (the act of annihilating…
- dasMeisterwerk masterwork, masterpiece (outstanding work, especially of art); chef d'oeuvre, magnum…
- dieÄnderung change, modification
- dasParlament parliament; legislative building
- derMittelpunkt centre; centre of attention
- derAnschein appearance, semblance, impression
- dieHöflichkeit courtesy, politeness, courtliness (the state of being polite); courtesy, politeness (an…
- dieAufzeichnung record, recording; outline, note
- dieRichterin female judge
- derEindringling intruder, interloper, trespasser
- derWahlkampf election campaign, run for office
- dieAdoption adoption (voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own…
- dieImmunität immunity
- dasTabu taboo
- dieAuskunft enquiry; information
- derKreislauf loop, cycle; circuit (electrical)
- derAußenseiter outsider (who is not part of a particular group); loner, outsider (who is socially…
- derSchwur oath
- derAtemzug breath (a single act of breathing in and out)
- derSenior father, senior, the elder (older of two close male relatives, especially with the same…
- dasHandwerk labour, especially of a manual type; trade (skilled practice)
- dieBuchhaltung accounting, bookkeeping
- dasZitat quotation
- derHeuchler hypocrite (person practising hypocrisy)
- dasUrteilsvermögen discernment, judgment
- derImpfstoff vaccine
- dieBestechung bribery; corruption
- dieSicherung fuse (device preventing overloading of a circuit); securing, safeguarding
- dieDemonstration demonstration (act of demonstrating); demonstration (show of military force)
- dieKonversation conversation (talking, especially small talk)
- Speisen plural of Speise
- dasDarlehen loan
- dieSenatorin female equivalent of Senator
- dasSchmerzmittel painkiller, analgesic
- dieUnruhe turbulence, perturbation, moving more than biding, budging more than considered…
- dasManuskript manuscript
- derAbdruck imprint, impression (the mark left behind by pressing on or printing something); print…
- derAbgang exit; departure
- derWohlstand prosperity; affluence, wealth
- dieStraftat criminal offence
- dieUnterbrechung interruption; interrupt
- derMentor mentor
- dieKlientin female equivalent of Klient
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.