Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,461–2,520
Continuing the list — words 2,461 to 2,520 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.
- dieGattung type, kind, sort; genus
- derBelangen dative plural of Belang
- dieProfessorin female professor; professor’s wife
- dieNominierung nomination
- dieAttrappe dummy, mockup, decoy
- dieDruckerei printing house, printery; art of printing
- dieZählung count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items);…
- dieHandgranate hand grenade
- dieAnschrift an address
- dieStatur build; physique; figure (of the body, particularly the bones and muscles); character;…
- derGerichtstermin
- dasHaupttor
- derKonkurs bankruptcy
- dieRevolte revolt
- dieAbtei abbey
- dieZusammenkunft meeting (gathering for a purpose)
- dieTuberkulose tuberculosis
- dasEinsatzkommando task force; tactical unit
- dieGeldstrafe criminal fine (payment levied for an act that constitutes a crime)
- derEndeffekt final effect
- dieSprengung blasting (with explosive); sprinkling
- dieAnonymität anonymity
- dieRettungsaktion rescue operation
- derNahkampf close combat
- dieEingabe input, entry, keying, submission, entering (e.g., entering of data); petition,…
- derLebensraum living space; habitat
- dasFehlverhalten misconduct, wrongdoing
- dieFamilientradition family tradition
- dasAbendmahl Last Supper (Biblical event); Communion; Eucharist (sacrament)
- derWeltrekord World record
- derSchauer shower (brief period of precipitation); shower (instance of something bursting forth…
- dasDossier dossier
- dasRückenmark spinal cord
- derFreispruch acquittal; absolution
- derDokumentarfilm documentary
- derAnhieb first time; yank of the fishing rod (to get the hook in the fish's mouth)
- derSprengsatz explosive device, explosive charge, payload of ordnance
- dieWiederwahl re-election, reelection
- dieAbhandlung treatise (systematic discourse on some subject)
- dasSchnauben gerund of schnauben
- dieBuchhandlung bookstore, bookshop
- dieZensur censorship; mark, grade
- dieMahnung warning; reminder
- dieGelassenheit serenity, calm, tranquillity, repose; poise, equanimity
- diePornografie pornography
- dieBereicherung enrichment; expansion (of), increase (in),
- dieArrestzelle
- derAkademiker academic, university graduate (person with a university degree of male or unspecified…
- dasGehäuse casing, case, housing, shell (frame or box around something)
- dasDiagramm diagram; chart
- dieImitation imitation
- dieStärkung strengthening, reinforcement; fortition
- derArschkriecher ass-kisser
- dieBestrahlung irradiation, exposure
- diePlattenfirma
- dieEmpörung indignation, outrage; rebellion, revolt
- dasGremium committee, commission, panel (select circle of people tasked with solving a specific…
- dasGeschwafel nonsense, gibberish (speech or writing that is meaningless, or pointless and vague)
- dieTatzeit
- derGegenangriff counterattack; counteroffensive
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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.