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.

  1. dasStichwort keyword; headword noun pl. Stichwörter C1
  2. dieKriminalität crime (practice or habit of committing crimes; criminal acts collectively); criminality,… noun C1
  3. derKaufmann merchant, businessman, trader noun pl. Kaufmänner C1
  4. dieFinanzierung financing, funding noun pl. Finanzierungen C1
  5. dieTötung kill, killing, homicide noun pl. Tötungen C1
  6. dieSensation sensation (widespread reaction of interest or excitement) noun pl. Sensationen C1
  7. dieGlaubwürdigkeit credibility, believability noun pl. Glaubwürdigkeiten C1
  8. dieRedaktion editing; editorial staff (press, TV etc) noun pl. Redaktionen C1
  9. dieEinsicht insight (power of acute observation and deduction, that can see through to a solution);… noun pl. Einsichten C1
  10. dasEinverständnis agreement, consent noun pl. Einverständnisse C1
  11. diePyramide pyramid noun pl. Pyramiden C1
  12. dieJacht yacht noun pl. Jachten C1
  13. derUltraschall ultrasound noun C1
  14. dieÜbelkeit nausea (feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit) noun pl. Übelkeiten C1
  15. dasWerten gerund of werten noun C1
  16. dieMiliz militia; militsia noun pl. Milizen C1
  17. dieOberin (mother) superior (leader of a convent, especially one that is a branch of another) noun pl. Oberinnen C1
  18. derVerlag publishing house, publisher (a company that produces and sells books, booklets, magazines) noun pl. Verlage C1
  19. dasGeschick destiny, fate; the political and economic situation or development; living conditions noun pl. Geschicke C1
  20. derStrömen dative plural of Strom noun C1
  21. dieAbrechnung settlement (final invoice); reckoning, payoff noun pl. Abrechnungen C1
  22. dieSexualität sexuality noun pl. Sexualitäten C1
  23. dieEndstation end of the line, terminus noun pl. Endstationen C1
  24. diePrämie bonus (extra earnings); premium (contribution to insurance) noun pl. Prämien C1
  25. dieLeiterin feminine equivalent of Leiter m (“leader”) noun pl. Leiterinnen C1
  26. derRumpf trunk; torso (body excluding the head and limbs); hull (clipping of Schiffsrumpf) noun pl. Rümpfe C1
  27. dieÜberwachungskamera surveillance camera noun pl. Überwachungskameras C1
  28. dieArchitektur architecture noun pl. Architekturen C1
  29. dieMännlichkeit manliness, manhood, masculinity; male genitalia noun C1
  30. derFingerabdruck fingerprint noun pl. Fingerabdrücke C1
  31. dieSelbstachtung self-esteem noun C1
  32. dieInstitution institution noun pl. Institutionen C1
  33. dasOrgan an organ; an organ, a publication (newspaper, etc) of an organization noun pl. Organe C1
  34. dieBlockade blockade noun pl. Blockaden C1
  35. dieKollektion collection, product line (set of items presented or marketed together, often in a… noun pl. Kollektionen C1
  36. derArbeitstag workday, working day noun pl. Arbeitstage C1
  37. derAufbau construction (the manner in which or process by which something is built); buildup noun pl. Aufbauten C1
  38. dasDiplom diploma (higher education only, e.g., Master’s degree). noun pl. Diplome C1
  39. dieAutorin feminine equivalent of Autor m (“author”) noun pl. Autorinnen C1
  40. dasKabinett cabinet, ministry; cabinet noun pl. Kabinette C1
  41. derAusblick outlook, view, vista noun pl. Ausblicke C1
  42. dasKraftwerk power station, power plant noun pl. Kraftwerke C1
  43. derJuwelier jeweler, jeweller (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Juweliere C1
  44. derMediziner doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender) noun C1
  45. dieVertretung representation (the act of representing); agency (that which represents) noun pl. Vertretungen C1
  46. dieGleichung equation, equality noun pl. Gleichungen C1
  47. dieSignatur signature (chiefly on paintings) noun pl. Signaturen C1
  48. derAufschub delay, postponement, respite (the act of carrying something out later than originally… noun pl. Aufschübe C1
  49. derZuhörer audience noun C1
  50. derZivilist civilian noun pl. Zivilisten C1
  51. dieDarbietung performance; skit noun pl. Darbietungen C1
  52. dieOffenheit openness; candour, sincerity, frankness, forthrightness noun pl. Offenheiten C1
  53. dieLandwirtschaft agriculture noun pl. Landwirtschaften C1
  54. dieMalerei painting (action or activity) noun pl. Malereien C1
  55. dasGewässer body of water, water body, water (significant accumulation of water covering the Earth) noun C1
  56. derVorarbeiter foreman (male or of unspecified gender) noun C1
  57. dieMarkierung mark, marking, tag; marker noun pl. Markierungen C1
  58. derAufschrei outcry; scream, squeal, shriek noun pl. Aufschreie C1
  59. derStiel stalk (thin stem); stipe noun pl. Stiele C1
  60. dieZärtlichkeit tenderness; endearment noun pl. Zärtlichkeiten C1

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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