Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,881–2,940
Continuing the list — words 2,881 to 2,940 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.
- dasArtefakt artifact
- dasKriegsgericht court martial
- derZerstörer destroyer (that who/which destroys); heavy fighter (a type of fighter-aircraft)
- dieBarmherzigkeit mercy, compassion
- dieFehlfunktion malfunction, dysfunction
- derErzbischof archbishop (male or of unspecified gender)
- derImperator imperator
- derScharfschütze sniper, sharpshooter (regular soldier or policeman who shoots long range with a…
- dieUngerechtigkeit injustice
- derGral grail (holy, miraculous object, especially a cup)
- derKosmos cosmos
- diePsyche psyche, mind
- dieGerichtsmedizin medical jurisprudence
- dasIndividuum individual
- dieAbwehr defence; repulse
- derTribut tribute (payment made by one nation to another in submission); toll
- derPoet poet
- dieBegabung talent, gift
- dasOpium opium
- dasCorps a corps, a kind of traditional student's corporation in German-speaking Europe
- dieVorstellungskraft imagination (image-making power of the mind)
- derZaubertrank magic potion
- dieBeherrschung restraint; mastering, mastery
- dasRöntgen röntgen, X-ray
- dieDurchlaucht serenity (address of a prince)
- dieAnmut grace (elegant movement, poise or balance); elegance
- dieSkulptur sculpture (work of art)
- dieUnterdrückung oppression; suppression
- dieSelbstzerstörung self-destruction; self-destruct
- dieSchweigepflicht vow of silence; confidentiality requirement (e.g. physician-patient, attorney-client, or…
- dieSpionage espionage
- dieJungfräulichkeit virginity
- dieVerwechslung confusion, mix-up
- derBefehlshaber commander
- dieExekution execution (act of putting to death); foreclosure
- dieMutation mutation
- dieWucht weight; massiveness, bulkiness, bulk
- dieGeheimhaltung secrecy
- derWarpantrieb warp drive
- derHinterwäldler backwoodsman, bumpkin, hick, hillbilly, redneck
- dieBegnadigung pardon
- derKommunismus communism, Communism
- derWaffenhändler arms dealer
- dieBelagerung siege (military blockade of settlement)
- derHochstapler conman, con man, impostor
- dieIsolation isolation (act of isolating); isolation (state of being isolated)
- dasAblenkungsmanöver diversionary tactic
- dieMaxime maxim
- dieLeukämie leukemia
- derHochverrat high treason
- dasSchachmatt checkmate (situation where the king's defeat is inevitable); checkmate, definite defeat
- derHexer warlock
- dasPorzellan porcelain
- derAberglaube superstition
- dieVorsichtsmaßnahme precaution
- dasBankett banquet (meal); part of the organisation responsible for organising banquets and…
- derWahn delusion, illusion, (vain) hope (very strong but ultimately misguided or fantastical…
- dasUltimatum ultimatum
- dieIntimität intimacy
- dasGemetzel butchery; slaughter (of people)
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.