Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,041–2,100
Continuing the list — words 2,041 to 2,100 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.
- dasStichwort keyword; headword
- dieKriminalität crime (practice or habit of committing crimes; criminal acts collectively); criminality,…
- derKaufmann merchant, businessman, trader
- dieFinanzierung financing, funding
- dieTötung kill, killing, homicide
- dieSensation sensation (widespread reaction of interest or excitement)
- dieGlaubwürdigkeit credibility, believability
- dieRedaktion editing; editorial staff (press, TV etc)
- dieEinsicht insight (power of acute observation and deduction, that can see through to a solution);…
- dasEinverständnis agreement, consent
- diePyramide pyramid
- dieJacht yacht
- derUltraschall ultrasound
- dieÜbelkeit nausea (feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit)
- dasWerten gerund of werten
- dieMiliz militia; militsia
- dieOberin (mother) superior (leader of a convent, especially one that is a branch of another)
- derVerlag publishing house, publisher (a company that produces and sells books, booklets, magazines)
- dasGeschick destiny, fate; the political and economic situation or development; living conditions
- derStrömen dative plural of Strom
- dieAbrechnung settlement (final invoice); reckoning, payoff
- dieSexualität sexuality
- dieEndstation end of the line, terminus
- diePrämie bonus (extra earnings); premium (contribution to insurance)
- dieLeiterin feminine equivalent of Leiter m (“leader”)
- derRumpf trunk; torso (body excluding the head and limbs); hull (clipping of Schiffsrumpf)
- dieÜberwachungskamera surveillance camera
- dieArchitektur architecture
- dieMännlichkeit manliness, manhood, masculinity; male genitalia
- derFingerabdruck fingerprint
- dieSelbstachtung self-esteem
- dieInstitution institution
- dasOrgan an organ; an organ, a publication (newspaper, etc) of an organization
- dieBlockade blockade
- dieKollektion collection, product line (set of items presented or marketed together, often in a…
- derArbeitstag workday, working day
- derAufbau construction (the manner in which or process by which something is built); buildup
- dasDiplom diploma (higher education only, e.g., Master’s degree).
- dieAutorin feminine equivalent of Autor m (“author”)
- dasKabinett cabinet, ministry; cabinet
- derAusblick outlook, view, vista
- dasKraftwerk power station, power plant
- derJuwelier jeweler, jeweller (male or of unspecified gender)
- derMediziner doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieVertretung representation (the act of representing); agency (that which represents)
- dieGleichung equation, equality
- dieSignatur signature (chiefly on paintings)
- derAufschub delay, postponement, respite (the act of carrying something out later than originally…
- derZuhörer audience
- derZivilist civilian
- dieDarbietung performance; skit
- dieOffenheit openness; candour, sincerity, frankness, forthrightness
- dieLandwirtschaft agriculture
- dieMalerei painting (action or activity)
- dasGewässer body of water, water body, water (significant accumulation of water covering the Earth)
- derVorarbeiter foreman (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieMarkierung mark, marking, tag; marker
- derAufschrei outcry; scream, squeal, shriek
- derStiel stalk (thin stem); stipe
- dieZärtlichkeit tenderness; endearment
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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