Vocabulary · Nouns

German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 3,481–3,540

Continuing the list — words 3,481 to 3,540 of 9,109, still commonest first. Back to the start of the list.

9,109 entries
430 at A1
402 at A2
734 at B1

Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.

  1. derJahrgang vintage (wine identified by year and vineyard); vintage, year (all of a kind that were… noun pl. Jahrgänge C1
  2. derZusammenschluss union, federation, merger, amalgamation, alliance noun pl. Zusammenschlüsse C1
  3. dieElite elite noun pl. Eliten C1
  4. derMitbewohner flatmate, cohabitor (person living in the same house, room, apartment etc. as oneself) noun C1
  5. dieVerlobung engagement, betrothal (a promise to wed) noun pl. Verlobungen C1
  6. derFunke spark noun pl. Funken C1
  7. dieExfrau ex-wife noun pl. Exfrauen C1
  8. derPrügel club, cudgel; cock, penis noun C1
  9. dasShirt shirt noun pl. Shirts C1
  10. derRundfunk broadcasting (The business or profession of radio and television.); radio (technical… noun C1
  11. derÜberrest residue, remnant, leftover, relic; remains, corpse noun pl. Überreste C1
  12. dieBandbreite bandwidth noun pl. Bandbreiten C1
  13. derEinzelhandel retail (sale of goods directly to the consumer); monopoly noun C1
  14. derFrust frustration noun C1
  15. dieRichtlinie directive; guideline noun pl. Richtlinien C1
  16. dieBreite breadth, width; latitude noun pl. Breiten C1
  17. dieLeiterin feminine equivalent of Leiter m (“leader”) noun pl. Leiterinnen C1
  18. derMontagmorgen Monday morning noun C1
  19. dieSoße sauce, gravy noun pl. Soßen C1
  20. derWeizen wheat noun C1
  21. dieSuite suite (hotel apartment consisting of several rooms); suite (line of rooms interconnected… noun pl. Suiten C1
  22. derBarkeeper barman, barkeeper, bartender (one who prepares drinks at a bar; male or of unspecified… noun C1
  23. derAugenzeuge eyewitness noun pl. Augenzeugen C1
  24. dieMiliz militia; militsia noun pl. Milizen C1
  25. derSchenk cupbearer noun pl. Schenken C1
  26. derStaatspräsident president (head of state) noun pl. Staatspräsidenten C1
  27. dieErziehung education; upbringing; character formation (process of imparting basic knowledge,… noun C1
  28. dieAgentin agent (female equivalent of Agent) noun pl. Agentinnen C1
  29. derBass bass (low spectrum of sound); bass (singer; section of musical group) noun pl. Bässe C1
  30. derKlimaschutz climate protection noun C1
  31. derYuan yuan (basic unit of money in China) noun C1
  32. derUntergang fall, downfall, death, doom; sinking noun pl. Untergänge C1
  33. dasAutogramm autograph noun pl. Autogramme C1
  34. derEnergy a serving of an energy drink noun pl. Energys C1
  35. derSchwuler gay man; gay, homosexual (of unspecified gender) noun pl. Schwule C1
  36. dieKompanie company noun pl. Kompanien C1
  37. derRohstoff raw material, material; resource noun pl. Rohstoffe C1
  38. dasKasino casino; officers' mess noun pl. Kasinos C1
  39. dieSackgasse dead-end street; cul-de-sac; dead end (something that does not lead one to the intended… noun pl. Sackgassen C1
  40. derAbschuss launch; firing noun pl. Abschüsse C1
  41. derBeck baker; a surname noun pl. Becken C1
  42. dasPanorama panorama noun pl. Panoramen C1
  43. derAbdruck imprint, impression (the mark left behind by pressing on or printing something); print… noun pl. Abdrücke C1
  44. dasPodest podium noun pl. Podeste C1
  45. dieInvasion invasion noun pl. Invasionen C1
  46. derRAM RAM (random-access memory) noun pl. RAMs C1
  47. dieSchuldenkrise debt crisis noun pl. Schuldenkrisen C1
  48. derTerroranschlag terror attack noun pl. Terroranschläge C1
  49. derTorjäger goalgetter noun C1
  50. derVizepräsident vice president noun pl. Vizepräsidenten C1
  51. dasOutfit outfit (set of clothing) noun pl. Outfits C1
  52. derDrecksack scumbag noun pl. Drecksäcke C1
  53. derErlös proceeds noun pl. Erlöse C1
  54. dieVernetzung interconnection, interconnectedness, linking, linkage noun pl. Vernetzungen C1
  55. diePest bubonic plague, the plague; any of various unrelated epidemic diseases affecting animals noun pl. Pesten C1
  56. dieNachspielzeit injury time noun pl. Nachspielzeiten C1
  57. derRatschlag piece of advice; (in plural) advice noun pl. Ratschläge C1
  58. dieVagina vagina; the female sexual organs including the vulva noun pl. Vaginen C1
  59. derWachmann watchman, security guard; policeman noun pl. Wachmänner C1
  60. derJammer misery; jammer (device used to jam radio reception) noun C1

Common questions

How many German nouns should I know?

This list holds 9,109 nouns graded A1 to C2. 832 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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