Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 2,941–3,000
Words 2,941 to 3,000 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dasFunkgerät radio set; two-way radio
- derOrden order (awarded decoration); order (religious group)
- derBetrug fraud; deception, deceit
- dasHektar hectare
- derPop pop music
- derSpielraum leeway, elbow room, latitude (extent to which means and circumstances allow one to be…
- dieZunahme increase
- derWinkel angle, nook; corner (seen from the inside); angle (figure, measure thereof)
- derRouter router (a device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet)
- dasGenick nape of the neck; the joint portion of the neck which joins the vertebrae (which has no…
- dieUnfallstelle accident site
- dieAutorität authority
- dieAusschreitung riot
- derSchlepper agent noun of schleppen; criminal individual who organises human trafficking or people…
- derHai shark
- dieErpressung blackmail; coercion (the act, sometimes punishable, of forcing someone to some behaviour…
- dieZielgruppe target group, target audience
- dasPorto postage (charge)
- derAusstieg exit (disembarkation)
- derPalästinenser Palestinian (inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent)
- derVerwandter relative (male or of unspecified gender)
- derDealer drug dealer (one who illegally sells recreational drugs)
- dieBillion trillion (10¹²)
- dieBeförderung transportation; promotion
- dieEifersucht jealousy
- dieWeltmeisterschaft World Cup, world championship; FIFA World Cup
- derAufruf call to action; roll call
- Zehntausende tens of thousands
- derKarlsruher Native or inhabitant of Karlsruhe
- dieEskalation escalation
- derHenker hangman, an executioner, particularly for executions where blood is not shed
- dieSage saga, legend, myth, story, tale
- derSonnenaufgang sunrise
- derWeltraum space (area beyond the atmosphere of planets)
- derFrost frost; freezing weather (weather conditions below 0 °C); frost; ice; all the natural…
- dieKabine cabin, cubicle
- dieDokumentation documentation; documentary (mainly informative product(ion), as opposed to fiction or…
- dieIP-Adresse IP address (number assigned to each computer's network interface)
- derRömer Roman; of or from the city of Rome
- dieDatenbank database
- dasGeschäftsmodell business model
- derBunker bunker (hardened shelter); bunker (obstacle on a golf course)
- derVertrieb sale, sales distribution, marketing, trafficking
- dasDes D-flat
- dasRemis draw; in a draw; the result being a draw
- derÜberlebender survivor
- dieKompetenz competence, power, authority
- derMediziner doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender)
- derFahrstuhl elevator, lift
- derSonnabend Saturday
- derVorjahreszeitraum same period last year
- dieFlagge flag
- dieDisziplin discipline
- dieInsolvenz insolvency
- derLotos lotus
- derWiderspruch objection, protest; contradiction
- derCharme charm (ability to attract, delight, or enchant)
- derSenior father, senior, the elder (older of two close male relatives, especially with the same…
- dieEffizienz efficiency
- dieKollision collision
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.