Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 3,421–3,480
Words 3,421 to 3,480 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieNachspielzeit injury time
- derRatschlag piece of advice; (in plural) advice
- dieVagina vagina; the female sexual organs including the vulva
- derWachmann watchman, security guard; policeman
- derJammer misery; jammer (device used to jam radio reception)
- derMönch monk; blackcap
- dieTinte ink
- derGlückspilz lucky devil
- dasEgo ego
- dasAspirin aspirin
- derDemokrat democrat
- dasMassaker massacre
- dieObergrenze upper limit, cap, cutoff
- dieProphezeiung prophecy
- derStream stream
- dasLimit limit (restriction)
- derSchwindel swindle; dizziness, vertigo
- derBorg barrow (castrated boar)
- derKontinent continent
- diePfote paw (soft foot/hand of a mammal); hand (of a human)
- derProtagonist protagonist (main character in a literary work or drama)
- dieEntlassung release; dismissal
- dieKreativität creativity
- derLandrat district / county council; chief administrative officer of a district
- dieModerne modernity; modernism
- dieReserve reserve (that which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use)
- derJournalismus journalism
- dieErmordung assassination, murder
- dieZauberei wizardry, witchcraft
- derBundesfinanzminister federal / state finance minister
- derBiss bite (instance or way of biting; wound from biting)
- dasHotelzimmer hotel room
- dasDelta delta (Greek letter); delta (geology)
- dieFrequenz frequency (the rate of occurrence of anything); frequency (the quotient f of the number…
- derSummer buzzer; buzzing insect
- derAbleger layer, shoot of a plant; spin-off of a parent company or parent organisation
- derKohl cabbage (plant of the genus Brassica); a surname originating as an occupation for a…
- dieMedaille medal
- derGeier vulture
- dieAnschuldigung accusation
- derFußgänger pedestrian, walker (male or of unspecified gender)
- dasSal The uppermost layer of the Earth, rich in silica- and alumina-bearing minerals.
- derHauptsitz headquarters, head office
- diePhilosophie philosophy (study of thought); name of the school subject taken by pupils who choose not…
- dieArgumentation argument (the process of reasoning)
- dieRevision revision, change; appeal
- dasSpektakel spectacle (exciting or extraordinary exhibition, performance or event); row (continual…
- derSumpf swamp, marsh; sump
- dieApotheke pharmacy; a store whose products are expensive (see Apothekerpreis)
- dieFassung a device which holds something else, e.g. a socket for a lightbulb, the setting of a…
- derSchal scarf; shawl
- derPromi celeb
- dasElektroauto electric car
- derHunt minecart
- dieNiere kidney (organ); kidney as food
- derAltar altar (table or similar structure used for religious rites)
- dieFahne flag, banner (any cloth or fabric used as a symbol); idea, ideal
- dieBeleidigung insult (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
- derAktienkurs quotation, share price
- derChauffeur chauffeur (person employed to drive a private or hired car); any driver of a car
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.