Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,521–2,580
Continuing the list — words 2,521 to 2,580 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.
- dieHellseherin clairvoyant
- dieFehlanzeige nil report, negative report (declaration that there is nothing to report); zero, nothing
- derSchlachthof slaughterhouse
- derVibrator vibrator (device that vibrates or causes vibration for whichever purpose)
- dieImmobilie real estate, property which cannot be moved
- Kapern plural of Kaper
- derKatheter catheter (small tube inserted into a body cavity)
- derModus mode (predesigned set of states or rules); mode
- dieLebenserwartung life expectancy, lifespan (of organism)
- dieSchallplatte record, gramophone record
- dieBlutlinie bloodline
- dieSpülung flushing; rinsing
- Geigen plural of Geige
- dieInflation inflation
- dasInnenministerium interior ministry, Home Office
- dieBrandung surf, breakers (Waves that break.)
- dieDichtung poetry; seal, gasket (something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking…
- derUnterstützer agent noun of unterstützen; supporter, backer
- dieVergrößerung enlargement; magnification
- derPfeiler pillar
- dasRechtssystem
- dieFangfrage trick question
- dieBefruchtung fertilisation (UK), fertilization (US)
- dasKunststück feat, trick
- dieZuwendung friendly and kind attention; loving care; love and care; financial support, financial…
- dieTrüffel truffle
- dieFolie a piece of very thinly spread-out material; slide (transparent plate bearing something…
- dieAbzweigung branch (something that divides like the branch of a tree, especially of roads and rivers)
- dieEntbindung liberation (from something, especially an obligation); childbirth; delivery
- dieBenutzung use
- dieMisshandlung maltreatment, mistreatment, abuse
- dieEtappe stage, leg (of a journey or development, also (sports) of a cycle race or rally); rear,…
- derTotengräber gravedigger
- dieAufschrift label; inscription
- dieSteinzeit Stone Age
- derDiabetiker diabetic
- dieEntstehung creation; origin
- dieIntrige intrigue, plot
- dieGeometrie geometry
- dieRehabilitation rehabilitation (process of returning or assisting to return to good health and societal…
- dieHepatitis hepatitis
- derTransponder
- derAnbau cultivation; extension, annex
- derGerichtsvollzieher bailiff, huissier de justice
- dieKameradschaft camaraderie, comradeship, fellowship, friendship
- derHexenzirkel coven
- derOperationssaal operating theatre, operating room
- diePensionierung retirement
- dieBedenkzeit time for consideration
- dasFremdgehen gerund of fremdgehen
- dieStromversorgung electricity supply
- derLadendiebstahl shoplifting
- dieVaterfigur father figure
- dieAbschlussprüfung final (test or examination given at the end of a term or class)
- dieSelbsthilfegruppe support group
- derBörsenmakler stockbroker (an individual or firm that executes buy and sell orders for stocks and…
- dasRattengift rat poison
- dasFinanzministerium ministry of finance
- derSarkophag sarcophagus
- dieGefängnisstrafe prison sentence, imprisonment
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.