Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 1,921–1,980
Words 1,921 to 1,980 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieÜbersicht overview; bird's-eye view; big picture (view of the entirety, both literally and…
- derJänner synonym of Januar (“January”)
- dieRote female Red (communist or socialist)
- derPack package, bundle, bunch, (unwieldy) bag; rabble, mob, vermin, rascals
- dieTruppe troupe (company of actors, etc.); force
- derKommandant commander (of small or medium-sized units); commander (of any unit)
- derLandkreis county (administrative region of various countries); district (see Districts of Germany,…
- dasBundesamt federal office
- dieNotenbank central bank
- derReuter cavalryman; a surname
- derHass hatred, hate
- derWähler voter
- dasReferendum referendum (direct popular vote on a proposed law or other political decision)
- derSeparatist separatist
- derSenator senator (member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, or of the…
- derBetreiber operator
- derRitter knight; a surname originating as an occupation
- derAbschied parting, farewell
- derMolly ecstasy, molly, mandy (the drug MDMA)
- derSchock shock (mental or medical condition); three score (a unitless measure indicating sixty of…
- derEmpfang receipt, acceptance, welcome (act of receiving someone or something); reception (social…
- dasTurnier tournament
- derAufwand expenditure, effort, expense (amount of work and/or means required for something)
- derFingerabdruck fingerprint
- dieAnweisung directive, order; instructions
- derBrite Briton (inhabitant of Great Britain)
- dieFarm farm (see usage notes); a farm that specialises in a particular agricultural product
- dasBusiness business
- derSchwachsinn nonsense; mental retardation, amentia
- dieMiete rent; clamp (heap of potatoes or other root vegetables stored under straw or earth)
- dieWüste desert; wilderness, waste, wasteland
- dieGabe gift, present, donation, alms; administration, dose (act of giving medication)
- dasComeback comeback (return to success or popularity); comeback; retort (witty reply)
- dasGerücht rumor / rumour
- derUmstand circumstance (an event; a fact; a particular incident); fuss, trouble, bother…
- dieAngelegenheit matter, issue, affair
- dieVorgabe specification, guideline, provision; setting, default
- dasFazit conclusion, bottom line, upshot, result; summary, conclusion (e.g. of a scientific paper)
- dasVorbild model; exemplar (praiseworthy example); role model
- derRegisseur director (male or of unspecified gender); trainer, coach (male or of unspecified gender)
- derGouverneur governor (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieEinstellung attitude, mindset, disposition; hiring, beginning of an employment
- derMontagabend Monday evening
- dasGedächtnis memory (ability to recall); remembrance
- derAttentäter attacker, assassin (one who kills, or attempts to kill, for ideological reasons)
- dieWirklichkeit reality
- derStaatsanwalt public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US); a state counsel, Crown attorney, and…
- dieEwigkeit eternity
- dieHardware hardware
- dieStörung disturbance, disruption, nuisance, bother; dysfunction, disorder
- derSturz fall; architrave, lintel
- derTiger tiger
- derHauptmann captain (male [also female] or of unspecified sex; cf. Herr / Frau Hauptmann)
- dieNot need, imminence; necessity, poverty
- derSachschaden material damage
- diePremiere premiere
- derAktionär shareholder
- diePressemitteilung press release (an official written statement)
- dieIdentität sameness, identicalness, identity; recurring characteristics that enable recognition,…
- derGroßer great (referring to a male); adult (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.