Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,761–2,820
Continuing the list — words 2,761 to 2,820 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.
- dieLoyalität loyalty
- derHerzinfarkt myocardial infarction (necrosis of heart muscle), heart attack
- dieTragödie tragedy
- derBiest beestings (first milk of a cow after giving birth)
- dieZerstörung destruction, demolition; overthrow, ruin
- dieBewährung parole
- dasKokain cocaine
- derPremierminister prime minister
- derKardinal cardinal (official in Catholic Church); cardinal, cardinalid (bird in the family…
- dieFestung fortress, fortification
- dieVerhaftung arrest, detention
- dieVergewaltigung rape (the act of forcing sexual activity)
- dieAutopsie autopsy (post-mortem examination involving dissection of the body)
- dieAnhörung hearing (proceeding at which discussions are heard)
- derGeheimdienst intelligence agency, secret agency, intelligence service
- derHerrscher agent noun of herrschen; ruler, monarch, sovereign
- derSprengstoff explosive
- dieFöderation federation (a union or alliance of organizations, both nationally and internationally);…
- derTresor safe, vault
- dieGalaxie galaxy (huge gravitationally bound system of stars)
- dieVerzweiflung desperation
- dieLogik logic
- dieTodesursache cause of death
- dieHeiligkeit holiness, holyness
- dieSehnsucht yearning, longing; pining
- dasRitual ritual
- derDurchsuchungsbefehl search warrant
- dieStrahlung radiation, irradiation
- derUntergang fall, downfall, death, doom; sinking
- dieInvasion invasion
- dieProphezeiung prophecy
- dieErmordung assassination, murder
- dieFrequenz frequency (the rate of occurrence of anything); frequency (the quotient f of the number…
- dieErlösung deliverance; liberation; deliverance; redemption; salvation (liberation from sin, its…
- dieKörperverletzung bodily injury, bodily harm, battery (crime)
- dieÜberdosis overdose
- derLuxus luxury
- dieHerrschaft lordship, reign, rule, dominion; feudal district: fiefdom, feudal manor, seigniory
- derHinterhalt ambush
- derSchlaganfall apoplexy, stroke
- dasBegräbnis funeral, burial; place of burial
- dieVergeltung requital; reciprocation; payback (the act of treating someone according to how they…
- dieSpezialität speciality
- dieEminenz eminence; Eminence
- dieSternzeit stardate; sidereal time
- derAnbetracht chiefly used in in Anbetracht (also occurring in in keinem Anbetracht, in diesem…
- derSerienmörder serial killer
- dieMenschlichkeit humanity (the condition or quality of being human); humanity (the quality of being humane)
- dasTrauma psychological trauma; trauma (serious injury)
- dieUnterwelt netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol (kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor…
- diePoesie poetry; poem
- dasZeitalter age; era (historic period of time)
- dasMorphium morphine
- dieSchwerkraft gravitation, gravity
- derSöldner mercenary, sellsword
- dieInstrumentalmusik instrumental music
- derMythos myth, mythos (narrative of importance to a particular group or culture); myth (something…
- dieSklaverei slavery
- dieBruderschaft fraternity (association of men who consider each other as brethren)
- dieSektion section (especially of a club or organisation); dissection
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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