Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,401–2,460
Continuing the list — words 2,401 to 2,460 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.
- dieNavigation navigation (theory and practice of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship)
- dieKorrespondenz correspondence
- dieRaumfahrt a space flight; spacefaring (The practice of spaceflight)
- dieBerichterstattung reporting, reportage; the result of reporting; coverage, reportage
- dieNervosität nervousness
- derWasserstoff hydrogen; the lightest and most common element in the universe with the atomic number 1
- dieAblösung removal; relief, replacement
- dasEndspiel final (last round of a competition; only used of sports with two sides per match);…
- derPlünderer agent noun of plündern; plunderer, looter
- dieAbreibung abrasion; beating
- derUnfallort place of accident
- dieVerbundenheit solidarity; attachment
- dasWohlwollen goodwill; favour; sympathy; benevolence; benignity
- derBrustkrebs breast cancer
- dieVermählung marriage
- derGletscher glacier
- derZweikampf duel (combat between two persons); biathlon
- dieÜberlegenheit superiority
- derKronleuchter chandelier
- derZusammenstoß collision
- derWiederaufbau reconstruction, rebuilding; redevelopment
- dieMordanklage
- dieVerdauung digestion
- dieSäuberung purge, cleansing, cleanup; purge, cleansing
- dieSteuererklärung tax return
- dieHomosexualität homosexuality
- dieGerichtsverhandlung trial
- derMinisterpräsident minister-president, prime minister
- derHilferuf call for help
- dieRechtsabteilung
- dieWidmung dedication
- diePriesterin priestess (female priest); churchwoman
- dieWiederbelebung reanimation; revival
- dasKauderwelsch gibberish, gobbledygook; The variety of Romansch spoken in the Swiss town of Chur…
- derWichtigtuer busybody, stuffed shirt, blowhard, pompous ass (US) / pompous git (UK) (male or of…
- dieAnsammlung gathering, collection, accumulation, assemblage; crowd
- derGeneraldirektor chief executive, director general
- dieSchließung closure (all senses); conclusion
- derAthlet athlete
- derAnalytiker analyst, analyser
- dieKörpersprache body language
- derAusfall failure, loss, breakdown; outage
- dieKollision collision
- dieSicherheitsstufe
- dieNebenwirkung side effect; side effect, adverse effect
- dieHymne anthem (solemn secular song); hymn (religious song)
- dieErwähnung mention
- derMikrofilm microfilm
- dieTagung meeting, conference / convention
- dieAusbeutung exploitation
- dieAnimation animation
- Fugen plural of Fuge
- derAugenzeuge eyewitness
- dieHerrscherin female equivalent of Herrscher
- derStadtrand outskirts, periphery, edge of town
- dieKluft cleft, fissure, joint; gap, gulf, rift
- dieBeschleunigung acceleration
- dasUhrwerk clockwork
- dieAufmunterung encouragement
- dieNahaufnahme close-up
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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