Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 2,161–2,220
Words 2,161 to 2,220 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieÜberwachung surveillance, monitoring
- dasBargeld cash (money in the form of notes/bills and coins)
- derSklave slave
- dieStille stillness, silence
- dieAsche ash; ashes; money
- dieVorlage source material, original, inspiration (the material that is adapted into a piece of…
- derSpion spy; peephole
- derWeihnachtsmann Santa Claus, Father Christmas; a fool, a stupid, naive and/or ridiculous person
- derSpeicher granary; storage room in the attic
- derÜberfall an unanticipated violent attack, especially; a robbery
- dieÜbung practice (degree of being used to and proficient in some activity); practice; exercise;…
- derWeber weaver (male or of unspecified gender) (someone who weaves); webster; weaver (as a…
- derGründer founder
- dieSchwäche weakness
- derGrant resentment
- dasMittelfeld midfield; the middle, the mediocre area of a range or spectrum
- derAusländer foreigner; foreign national, regardless of descent (male or of unspecified gender);…
- dasKapital capital; capitalists collectively
- derAtem breath
- dieQuote a quota; share, proportion
- dasSpital hospital; nursing home
- dieFlotte fleet
- dieDienstleistung service, provision of services
- dasDunkles dark
- derÖlpreis oil price
- derVormittag mid-morning, late morning, forenoon (time of day roughly between 9 a.m. and noon)
- dasCockpit in the aviation the room, where the pilot and the co-pilot steer the aircraft; cockpit;…
- derUser user
- dieRendite yield, return (of a capital investment)
- derVerlass reliance
- dieAusrede excuse
- dasLandgericht district court
- derVordergrund foreground
- dieDNA DNA, synonym of Desoxyribonukleinsäure
- dieZuwanderung immigration
- dieErweiterung extension, expansion; addon/add-on
- derMittelfeldspieler midfielder
- derSyrer Syrian
- derLeib body; by semantic narrowing more specifically
- dieLieferung delivery, shipment
- derBotschafter ambassador, emissary, head of mission; messenger (male or of unspecified gender)
- derMindestlohn minimum wage
- derKopfschmerzen headache
- dieKnarre ratchet, gragger, noisemaker; a gun, especially a pistol
- derBasler Basler (a native or inhabitant of Basel)
- dieHandschelle handcuff, shackle (for the hands)
- derModerator moderator (mediator, chairman, web forum administrator); host (US), presenter (UK)
- dieBox box (cuboid container); but not as widely used as in English in formal language, perhaps…
- derAlbtraum nightmare
- diePerspektive perspective; prospects
- dieMischung mix, mixture; shuffle
- derLeutnant lieutenant
- dasMarketing marketing (promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service)
- dasBewusstsein consciousness, awareness
- derDatenschutz data privacy
- derTempel temple (edifice dedicated to one or multiple deities)
- derKurde Kurd (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieÄußerung utterance; statement
- dieAusrüstung equipment, gear
- derSegen blessing
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.