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.

  1. dieLoyalität loyalty noun pl. Loyalitäten C2
  2. derHerzinfarkt myocardial infarction (necrosis of heart muscle), heart attack noun pl. Herzinfarkte C2
  3. dieTragödie tragedy noun pl. Tragödien C2
  4. derBiest beestings (first milk of a cow after giving birth) noun C2
  5. dieZerstörung destruction, demolition; overthrow, ruin noun pl. Zerstörungen C2
  6. dieBewährung parole noun pl. Bewährungen C2
  7. dasKokain cocaine noun C2
  8. derPremierminister prime minister noun C2
  9. derKardinal cardinal (official in Catholic Church); cardinal, cardinalid (bird in the family… noun pl. Kardinäle C2
  10. dieFestung fortress, fortification noun pl. Festungen C2
  11. dieVerhaftung arrest, detention noun pl. Verhaftungen C2
  12. dieVergewaltigung rape (the act of forcing sexual activity) noun pl. Vergewaltigungen C2
  13. dieAutopsie autopsy (post-mortem examination involving dissection of the body) noun pl. Autopsien C2
  14. dieAnhörung hearing (proceeding at which discussions are heard) noun pl. Anhörungen C2
  15. derGeheimdienst intelligence agency, secret agency, intelligence service noun pl. Geheimdienste C2
  16. derHerrscher agent noun of herrschen; ruler, monarch, sovereign noun C2
  17. derSprengstoff explosive noun pl. Sprengstoffe C2
  18. dieFöderation federation (a union or alliance of organizations, both nationally and internationally);… noun pl. Föderationen C2
  19. derTresor safe, vault noun pl. Tresore C2
  20. dieGalaxie galaxy (huge gravitationally bound system of stars) noun pl. Galaxien C2
  21. dieVerzweiflung desperation noun pl. Verzweiflungen C2
  22. dieLogik logic noun pl. Logiken C2
  23. dieTodesursache cause of death noun pl. Todesursachen C2
  24. dieHeiligkeit holiness, holyness noun pl. Heiligkeiten C2
  25. dieSehnsucht yearning, longing; pining noun pl. Sehnsüchte C2
  26. dasRitual ritual noun pl. Rituale C2
  27. derDurchsuchungsbefehl search warrant noun pl. Durchsuchungsbefehle C2
  28. dieStrahlung radiation, irradiation noun pl. Strahlungen C2
  29. derUntergang fall, downfall, death, doom; sinking noun pl. Untergänge C2
  30. dieInvasion invasion noun pl. Invasionen C2
  31. dieProphezeiung prophecy noun pl. Prophezeiungen C2
  32. dieErmordung assassination, murder noun pl. Ermordungen C2
  33. dieFrequenz frequency (the rate of occurrence of anything); frequency (the quotient f of the number… noun pl. Frequenzen C2
  34. dieErlösung deliverance; liberation; deliverance; redemption; salvation (liberation from sin, its… noun pl. Erlösungen C2
  35. dieKörperverletzung bodily injury, bodily harm, battery (crime) noun pl. Körperverletzungen C2
  36. dieÜberdosis overdose noun pl. Überdosen C2
  37. derLuxus luxury noun C2
  38. dieHerrschaft lordship, reign, rule, dominion; feudal district: fiefdom, feudal manor, seigniory noun pl. Herrschaften C2
  39. derHinterhalt ambush noun pl. Hinterhalte C2
  40. derSchlaganfall apoplexy, stroke noun pl. Schlaganfälle C2
  41. dasBegräbnis funeral, burial; place of burial noun pl. Begräbnisse C2
  42. dieVergeltung requital; reciprocation; payback (the act of treating someone according to how they… noun pl. Vergeltungen C2
  43. dieSpezialität speciality noun pl. Spezialitäten C2
  44. dieEminenz eminence; Eminence noun pl. Eminenzen C2
  45. dieSternzeit stardate; sidereal time noun pl. Sternzeiten C2
  46. derAnbetracht chiefly used in in Anbetracht (also occurring in in keinem Anbetracht, in diesem… noun C2
  47. derSerienmörder serial killer noun C2
  48. dieMenschlichkeit humanity (the condition or quality of being human); humanity (the quality of being humane) noun pl. Menschlichkeiten C2
  49. dasTrauma psychological trauma; trauma (serious injury) noun pl. Traumata C2
  50. dieUnterwelt netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol (kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor… noun pl. Unterwelten C2
  51. diePoesie poetry; poem noun pl. Poesien C2
  52. dasZeitalter age; era (historic period of time) noun C2
  53. dasMorphium morphine noun C2
  54. dieSchwerkraft gravitation, gravity noun pl. Schwerkräfte C2
  55. derSöldner mercenary, sellsword noun C2
  56. dieInstrumentalmusik instrumental music noun pl. Instrumentalmusiken C2
  57. derMythos myth, mythos (narrative of importance to a particular group or culture); myth (something… noun pl. Mythen C2
  58. dieSklaverei slavery noun C2
  59. dieBruderschaft fraternity (association of men who consider each other as brethren) noun pl. Bruderschaften C2
  60. dieSektion section (especially of a club or organisation); dissection noun pl. Sektionen C2

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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