Vocabulary · Nouns

German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 181–240

Continuing the list — words 181 to 240 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. derWochentag weekday (any day of the week); weekday (any day of the week except Sunday) noun pl. Wochentage A1
  2. derReisepass passport noun pl. Reisepässe A1
  3. derWeg path, trail, track (usually for foot traffic); route, way (to get from one place to… noun pl. Wege A2
  4. dasLeute people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or… noun A2
  5. dieOrdnung arrangement, regulation; classification, order, array noun pl. Ordnungen A2
  6. dieAngst fear; fright; anxiety noun pl. Ängste A2
  7. dieMusik music; music as a school subject, musical instruction noun pl. Musiken A2
  8. derSohn son noun pl. Söhne A2
  9. dasGlück happiness, joy, bliss (state or emotion); luck, success (mostly when seen as dependant… noun A2
  10. dieTochter daughter; subsidiary (company) noun pl. Töchter A2
  11. dieIdee idea noun pl. Ideen A2
  12. derGrund ground, land (usually as someone's property); bottom (of a container or a body of water) noun pl. Gründe A2
  13. dieStunden plural of Stunde noun A2
  14. dasSpiel a game (instance or way of playing); gameplay, the experience or act of playing noun pl. Spiele A2
  15. Eltern parents noun A2
  16. dasHerz heart; hearts noun A2
  17. derFehler fault, error, mistake noun A2
  18. dieStunde hour (unit of time consisting of 60 minutes); hour, moment, time (point in time) noun pl. Stunden A2
  19. dasBüro office (room for working); office, bureau, agency (administrative department or service… noun pl. Büros A2
  20. derFilm film (a thin layer of some substance); photographic film noun pl. Filme A2
  21. derArzt doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender) (without necessarily having a… noun pl. Ärzte A2
  22. dieParty party (social gathering) noun pl. Partys A2
  23. dieNachricht news, piece of news, notification; message (information which is sent from a source to a… noun pl. Nachrichten A2
  24. derSchlüssel a key noun A2
  25. dasKrankenhaus hospital noun pl. Krankenhäuser A2
  26. diePerson person, individual; someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because… noun pl. Personen A2
  27. derBoden ground, soil; sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden) noun pl. Böden A2
  28. derLaden shop, store (establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a… noun pl. Läden A2
  29. dasGeschäft shop, store (establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a… noun pl. Geschäfte A2
  30. derSchluss end, ending, conclusion, finish; logical conclusion noun pl. Schlüsse A2
  31. dasHandy mobile phone, mobile, cell phone, phone (portable, wireless telephone) noun pl. Handys A2
  32. dasBild depiction, image, picture; computer file containing a digital image noun pl. Bilder A2
  33. derTraum dream noun pl. Träume A2
  34. dieBewegung motion; move (step made in the execution of a plan or goal; a change in strategy) noun pl. Bewegungen A2
  35. derFinger finger noun A2
  36. dieRolle roll, reel, spool; roll, tube noun pl. Rollen A2
  37. dieHochzeit wedding, marriage (a ceremony in which people are married and/or a celebration thereof);… noun pl. Hochzeiten A2
  38. dieReise journey, travel; trip (on drugs) noun pl. Reisen A2
  39. dasFoto photograph (picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface) noun pl. Fotos A2
  40. derBrief letter (written message) noun pl. Briefe A2
  41. dieRichtung direction; school of thought, branch, subfield (also used in a wider sense of "type" in… noun pl. Richtungen A2
  42. dieLage location, position; situation, condition noun pl. Lagen A2
  43. dasGeschenk present, gift noun pl. Geschenke A2
  44. dieFirma A company, a business.; A firm, the name under which a company operates, as opposed to… noun pl. Firmen A2
  45. derRücken back noun A2
  46. dasPferd horse; knight noun pl. Pferde A2
  47. derPunkt dot (marking an abbreviation); full stop, period (indicating end of sentence) noun pl. Punkte A2
  48. dieKirche church (building); church (organised religion, especially Catholicism) noun pl. Kirchen A2
  49. derGeburtstag birthday noun pl. Geburtstage A2
  50. dieKarte card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.); coordinate chart noun pl. Karten A2
  51. dieBank bench (which people sit on); pew; workbench (which things can be set down on) noun pl. Bänke A2
  52. derComputer computer (programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations,… noun A2
  53. dasWeihnachten Christmas noun A2
  54. dieÜberraschung surprise noun pl. Überraschungen A2
  55. derWein wine noun pl. Weine A2
  56. derSchlaf sleep (condition of reduced consciousness); sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eyes) noun pl. Schläfe A2
  57. derBesuch visit, call; visitor or visitors noun pl. Besuche A2
  58. Haare nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Haar "hair/hairs" noun A2
  59. dasFlugzeug aeroplane noun pl. Flugzeuge A2
  60. derHals neck; throat noun pl. Hälse A2

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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