Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 2,701–2,760
Words 2,701 to 2,760 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieHerrin lady (female equivalent of a lord); mistress (woman with control or authority over…
- dieKriminelle criminal (female)
- dieVergabe awarding, allocation (awarding of a contract etc)
- derNiederländer a Dutch person, a Dutchman (male or of unspecified gender)
- dasYang yang
- derWolfsburger A native or resident of Wolfsburg (male or of unspecified sex); of Wolfsburg
- derKardinal cardinal (official in Catholic Church); cardinal, cardinalid (bird in the family…
- derMittler mediator
- dasBeta beta (Greek letter)
- derStrafraum penalty area
- derHochzeitstag wedding day; wedding anniversary
- dieMelodie melody, tune (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
- dieZeremonie ceremony
- derBundespräsident president (especially of the Federal Republic of Germany)
- dieHauptversammlung annual general meeting
- dasElend misery; miserable
- derGerichtshof law court; court of justice
- dieZeitverschwendung waste of time (meaningless or fruitless activity)
- dasStatement statement; command
- derAutounfall car accident, car crash
- derAufstand uprising, insurrection
- dasSchaf sheep
- dasAttentat attack; assassination (killing, or attempted killing, for ideological reasons)
- dasGremium committee, commission, panel (select circle of people tasked with solving a specific…
- derTrip trip
- derPirat pirate (a criminal who plunders at sea); member of a pirate party
- dieBekämpfung combat, fight, battle
- derEinblick insight
- dasSteak steak (slice of meat, chiefly beef)
- dieWelle wave (of water); wave, curve, anything wave-shaped (e.g. hair)
- dieGrenzkontrolle border control
- derLoser loser, wretch
- dasAufsehen sensation, furore, attention, stir; to look up
- dasElement element; element; essential component
- dieSchneide sharp edge; sawgrass
- derMaya Maya; a female given name of modern usage, variant of Maja
- dieBegeisterung enthusiasm, zeal, zest; rapture, ecstasy (not in the theological sense)
- dasMandat mandate (official command)
- derKater tomcat, tom, male cat; hangover
- derMotorsport motorsport
- dieFestung fortress, fortification
- derDetektiv private investigator, private detective, sleuth (male or of unspecified gender)
- derPastor pastor (clergyman who serves a parish)
- derKratzer scratch; scrape
- derBenutzer user
- dasHinspiel first leg
- derRassismus racism
- dieIntelligenz intelligence (capacity of mind)
- dieMutti mom, mummy; a nickname for Angela Merkel
- dieKapazität capacity; capacity, capability; spoons
- dieSmartwatch smartwatch
- dieAnnahme presupposition, assumption, hypothesis; acceptance, the act of accepting
- dasKanzleramt chancellery; chancellorship
- dieBude booth, stall; kiosk
- derMissbrauch abuse, cruel treatment (not in the sense of “verbal abuse, insult”); misuse, wrong use
- dasMetall metal
- dieWaffenruhe ceasefire, truce (agreed temporary cessation of combat)
- derHandschuh any handwear; glove, mitten, mitt, gauntlet
- dieÜberprüfung check, examination, inspection
- dasPortfolio portfolio
Common questions
How many German nouns should I know?
This list holds 9,109 nouns graded A1 to C2. 676 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.