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.
- derWochentag weekday (any day of the week); weekday (any day of the week except Sunday)
- derReisepass passport
- derWeg path, trail, track (usually for foot traffic); route, way (to get from one place to…
- dasLeute people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or…
- dieOrdnung arrangement, regulation; classification, order, array
- dieAngst fear; fright; anxiety
- dieMusik music; music as a school subject, musical instruction
- derSohn son
- dasGlück happiness, joy, bliss (state or emotion); luck, success (mostly when seen as dependant…
- dieTochter daughter; subsidiary (company)
- dieIdee idea
- derGrund ground, land (usually as someone's property); bottom (of a container or a body of water)
- dieStunden plural of Stunde
- dasSpiel a game (instance or way of playing); gameplay, the experience or act of playing
- Eltern parents
- dasHerz heart; hearts
- derFehler fault, error, mistake
- dieStunde hour (unit of time consisting of 60 minutes); hour, moment, time (point in time)
- dasBüro office (room for working); office, bureau, agency (administrative department or service…
- derFilm film (a thin layer of some substance); photographic film
- derArzt doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender) (without necessarily having a…
- dieParty party (social gathering)
- dieNachricht news, piece of news, notification; message (information which is sent from a source to a…
- derSchlüssel a key
- dasKrankenhaus hospital
- diePerson person, individual; someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because…
- derBoden ground, soil; sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden)
- derLaden shop, store (establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a…
- dasGeschäft shop, store (establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a…
- derSchluss end, ending, conclusion, finish; logical conclusion
- dasHandy mobile phone, mobile, cell phone, phone (portable, wireless telephone)
- dasBild depiction, image, picture; computer file containing a digital image
- derTraum dream
- dieBewegung motion; move (step made in the execution of a plan or goal; a change in strategy)
- derFinger finger
- dieRolle roll, reel, spool; roll, tube
- dieHochzeit wedding, marriage (a ceremony in which people are married and/or a celebration thereof);…
- dieReise journey, travel; trip (on drugs)
- dasFoto photograph (picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface)
- derBrief letter (written message)
- dieRichtung direction; school of thought, branch, subfield (also used in a wider sense of "type" in…
- dieLage location, position; situation, condition
- dasGeschenk present, gift
- dieFirma A company, a business.; A firm, the name under which a company operates, as opposed to…
- derRücken back
- dasPferd horse; knight
- derPunkt dot (marking an abbreviation); full stop, period (indicating end of sentence)
- dieKirche church (building); church (organised religion, especially Catholicism)
- derGeburtstag birthday
- dieKarte card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.); coordinate chart
- dieBank bench (which people sit on); pew; workbench (which things can be set down on)
- derComputer computer (programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations,…
- dasWeihnachten Christmas
- dieÜberraschung surprise
- derWein wine
- derSchlaf sleep (condition of reduced consciousness); sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eyes)
- derBesuch visit, call; visitor or visitors
- Haare nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Haar "hair/hairs"
- dasFlugzeug aeroplane
- derHals neck; throat
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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