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.

  1. dieGattung type, kind, sort; genus noun pl. Gattungen C1
  2. derBelangen dative plural of Belang noun C1
  3. dieProfessorin female professor; professor’s wife noun pl. Professorinnen C1
  4. dieNominierung nomination noun pl. Nominierungen C1
  5. dieAttrappe dummy, mockup, decoy noun pl. Attrappen C1
  6. dieDruckerei printing house, printery; art of printing noun pl. Druckereien C1
  7. dieZählung count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items);… noun pl. Zählungen C1
  8. dieHandgranate hand grenade noun pl. Handgranaten C1
  9. dieAnschrift an address noun pl. Anschriften C1
  10. dieStatur build; physique; figure (of the body, particularly the bones and muscles); character;… noun pl. Staturen C1
  11. derGerichtstermin noun pl. Gerichtstermine C1
  12. dasHaupttor noun pl. Haupttore C1
  13. derKonkurs bankruptcy noun pl. Konkurse C1
  14. dieRevolte revolt noun pl. Revolten C1
  15. dieAbtei abbey noun pl. Abteien C1
  16. dieZusammenkunft meeting (gathering for a purpose) noun pl. Zusammenkünfte C1
  17. dieTuberkulose tuberculosis noun pl. Tuberkulosen C1
  18. dasEinsatzkommando task force; tactical unit noun pl. Einsatzkommandos C1
  19. dieGeldstrafe criminal fine (payment levied for an act that constitutes a crime) noun pl. Geldstrafen C1
  20. derEndeffekt final effect noun pl. Endeffekte C1
  21. dieSprengung blasting (with explosive); sprinkling noun pl. Sprengungen C1
  22. dieAnonymität anonymity noun C1
  23. dieRettungsaktion rescue operation noun pl. Rettungsaktionen C1
  24. derNahkampf close combat noun pl. Nahkämpfe C1
  25. dieEingabe input, entry, keying, submission, entering (e.g., entering of data); petition,… noun pl. Eingaben C1
  26. derLebensraum living space; habitat noun pl. Lebensräume C1
  27. dasFehlverhalten misconduct, wrongdoing noun C1
  28. dieFamilientradition family tradition noun pl. Familientraditionen C1
  29. dasAbendmahl Last Supper (Biblical event); Communion; Eucharist (sacrament) noun pl. Abendmahle C1
  30. derWeltrekord World record noun pl. Weltrekorde C1
  31. derSchauer shower (brief period of precipitation); shower (instance of something bursting forth… noun C1
  32. dasDossier dossier noun pl. Dossiers C1
  33. dasRückenmark spinal cord noun C1
  34. derFreispruch acquittal; absolution noun pl. Freisprüche C1
  35. derDokumentarfilm documentary noun pl. Dokumentarfilme C1
  36. derAnhieb first time; yank of the fishing rod (to get the hook in the fish's mouth) noun pl. Anhiebe C1
  37. derSprengsatz explosive device, explosive charge, payload of ordnance noun pl. Sprengsätze C1
  38. dieWiederwahl re-election, reelection noun pl. Wiederwahlen C1
  39. dieAbhandlung treatise (systematic discourse on some subject) noun pl. Abhandlungen C1
  40. dasSchnauben gerund of schnauben noun C1
  41. dieBuchhandlung bookstore, bookshop noun pl. Buchhandlungen C1
  42. dieZensur censorship; mark, grade noun pl. Zensuren C1
  43. dieMahnung warning; reminder noun pl. Mahnungen C1
  44. dieGelassenheit serenity, calm, tranquillity, repose; poise, equanimity noun C1
  45. diePornografie pornography noun pl. Pornografien C1
  46. dieBereicherung enrichment; expansion (of), increase (in), noun pl. Bereicherungen C1
  47. dieArrestzelle noun pl. Arrestzellen C1
  48. derAkademiker academic, university graduate (person with a university degree of male or unspecified… noun C1
  49. dasGehäuse casing, case, housing, shell (frame or box around something) noun C1
  50. dasDiagramm diagram; chart noun pl. Diagramme C1
  51. dieImitation imitation noun pl. Imitationen C1
  52. dieStärkung strengthening, reinforcement; fortition noun pl. Stärkungen C1
  53. derArschkriecher ass-kisser noun C1
  54. dieBestrahlung irradiation, exposure noun pl. Bestrahlungen C1
  55. diePlattenfirma noun pl. Plattenfirmen C1
  56. dieEmpörung indignation, outrage; rebellion, revolt noun pl. Empörungen C1
  57. dasGremium committee, commission, panel (select circle of people tasked with solving a specific… noun pl. Gremien C1
  58. dasGeschwafel nonsense, gibberish (speech or writing that is meaningless, or pointless and vague) noun C1
  59. dieTatzeit noun pl. Tatzeiten C1
  60. derGegenangriff counterattack; counteroffensive noun pl. Gegenangriffe C1

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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