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.

  1. dieHellseherin clairvoyant noun pl. Hellseherinnen C1
  2. dieFehlanzeige nil report, negative report (declaration that there is nothing to report); zero, nothing noun pl. Fehlanzeigen C1
  3. derSchlachthof slaughterhouse noun pl. Schlachthöfe C1
  4. derVibrator vibrator (device that vibrates or causes vibration for whichever purpose) noun pl. Vibratoren C1
  5. dieImmobilie real estate, property which cannot be moved noun pl. Immobilien C1
  6. Kapern plural of Kaper noun C1
  7. derKatheter catheter (small tube inserted into a body cavity) noun C1
  8. derModus mode (predesigned set of states or rules); mode noun pl. Modi C1
  9. dieLebenserwartung life expectancy, lifespan (of organism) noun pl. Lebenserwartungen C1
  10. dieSchallplatte record, gramophone record noun pl. Schallplatten C1
  11. dieBlutlinie bloodline noun pl. Blutlinien C1
  12. dieSpülung flushing; rinsing noun pl. Spülungen C1
  13. Geigen plural of Geige noun C1
  14. dieInflation inflation noun pl. Inflationen C1
  15. dasInnenministerium interior ministry, Home Office noun pl. Innenministerien C1
  16. dieBrandung surf, breakers (Waves that break.) noun pl. Brandungen C1
  17. dieDichtung poetry; seal, gasket (something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking… noun pl. Dichtungen C1
  18. derUnterstützer agent noun of unterstützen; supporter, backer noun C1
  19. dieVergrößerung enlargement; magnification noun pl. Vergrößerungen C1
  20. derPfeiler pillar noun C1
  21. dasRechtssystem noun pl. Rechtssysteme C1
  22. dieFangfrage trick question noun pl. Fangfragen C1
  23. dieBefruchtung fertilisation (UK), fertilization (US) noun pl. Befruchtungen C1
  24. dasKunststück feat, trick noun pl. Kunststücke C1
  25. dieZuwendung friendly and kind attention; loving care; love and care; financial support, financial… noun pl. Zuwendungen C1
  26. dieTrüffel truffle noun pl. Trüffeln C1
  27. dieFolie a piece of very thinly spread-out material; slide (transparent plate bearing something… noun pl. Folien C1
  28. dieAbzweigung branch (something that divides like the branch of a tree, especially of roads and rivers) noun pl. Abzweigungen C1
  29. dieEntbindung liberation (from something, especially an obligation); childbirth; delivery noun pl. Entbindungen C1
  30. dieBenutzung use noun pl. Benutzungen C1
  31. dieMisshandlung maltreatment, mistreatment, abuse noun pl. Misshandlungen C1
  32. dieEtappe stage, leg (of a journey or development, also (sports) of a cycle race or rally); rear,… noun pl. Etappen C1
  33. derTotengräber gravedigger noun C1
  34. dieAufschrift label; inscription noun pl. Aufschriften C1
  35. dieSteinzeit Stone Age noun pl. Steinzeiten C1
  36. derDiabetiker diabetic noun C1
  37. dieEntstehung creation; origin noun pl. Entstehungen C1
  38. dieIntrige intrigue, plot noun pl. Intrigen C1
  39. dieGeometrie geometry noun pl. Geometrien C1
  40. dieRehabilitation rehabilitation (process of returning or assisting to return to good health and societal… noun pl. Rehabilitationen C1
  41. dieHepatitis hepatitis noun pl. Hepatitiden C1
  42. derTransponder noun C1
  43. derAnbau cultivation; extension, annex noun pl. Anbauten C1
  44. derGerichtsvollzieher bailiff, huissier de justice noun C1
  45. dieKameradschaft camaraderie, comradeship, fellowship, friendship noun pl. Kameradschaften C1
  46. derHexenzirkel coven noun C1
  47. derOperationssaal operating theatre, operating room noun pl. Operationssäle C1
  48. diePensionierung retirement noun pl. Pensionierungen C1
  49. dieBedenkzeit time for consideration noun pl. Bedenkzeiten C1
  50. dasFremdgehen gerund of fremdgehen noun C1
  51. dieStromversorgung electricity supply noun C1
  52. derLadendiebstahl shoplifting noun pl. Ladendiebstähle C1
  53. dieVaterfigur father figure noun pl. Vaterfiguren C1
  54. dieAbschlussprüfung final (test or examination given at the end of a term or class) noun pl. Abschlussprüfungen C1
  55. dieSelbsthilfegruppe support group noun pl. Selbsthilfegruppen C1
  56. derBörsenmakler stockbroker (an individual or firm that executes buy and sell orders for stocks and… noun C1
  57. dasRattengift rat poison noun pl. Rattengifte C1
  58. dasFinanzministerium ministry of finance noun pl. Finanzministerien C1
  59. derSarkophag sarcophagus noun pl. Sarkophage C1
  60. dieGefängnisstrafe prison sentence, imprisonment noun pl. Gefängnisstrafen 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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