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.
- derJahrgang vintage (wine identified by year and vineyard); vintage, year (all of a kind that were…
- derZusammenschluss union, federation, merger, amalgamation, alliance
- dieElite elite
- derMitbewohner flatmate, cohabitor (person living in the same house, room, apartment etc. as oneself)
- dieVerlobung engagement, betrothal (a promise to wed)
- derFunke spark
- dieExfrau ex-wife
- derPrügel club, cudgel; cock, penis
- dasShirt shirt
- derRundfunk broadcasting (The business or profession of radio and television.); radio (technical…
- derÜberrest residue, remnant, leftover, relic; remains, corpse
- dieBandbreite bandwidth
- derEinzelhandel retail (sale of goods directly to the consumer); monopoly
- derFrust frustration
- dieRichtlinie directive; guideline
- dieBreite breadth, width; latitude
- dieLeiterin feminine equivalent of Leiter m (“leader”)
- derMontagmorgen Monday morning
- dieSoße sauce, gravy
- derWeizen wheat
- dieSuite suite (hotel apartment consisting of several rooms); suite (line of rooms interconnected…
- derBarkeeper barman, barkeeper, bartender (one who prepares drinks at a bar; male or of unspecified…
- derAugenzeuge eyewitness
- dieMiliz militia; militsia
- derSchenk cupbearer
- derStaatspräsident president (head of state)
- dieErziehung education; upbringing; character formation (process of imparting basic knowledge,…
- dieAgentin agent (female equivalent of Agent)
- derBass bass (low spectrum of sound); bass (singer; section of musical group)
- derKlimaschutz climate protection
- derYuan yuan (basic unit of money in China)
- derUntergang fall, downfall, death, doom; sinking
- dasAutogramm autograph
- derEnergy a serving of an energy drink
- derSchwuler gay man; gay, homosexual (of unspecified gender)
- dieKompanie company
- derRohstoff raw material, material; resource
- dasKasino casino; officers' mess
- dieSackgasse dead-end street; cul-de-sac; dead end (something that does not lead one to the intended…
- derAbschuss launch; firing
- derBeck baker; a surname
- dasPanorama panorama
- derAbdruck imprint, impression (the mark left behind by pressing on or printing something); print…
- dasPodest podium
- dieInvasion invasion
- derRAM RAM (random-access memory)
- dieSchuldenkrise debt crisis
- derTerroranschlag terror attack
- derTorjäger goalgetter
- derVizepräsident vice president
- dasOutfit outfit (set of clothing)
- derDrecksack scumbag
- derErlös proceeds
- dieVernetzung interconnection, interconnectedness, linking, linkage
- diePest bubonic plague, the plague; any of various unrelated epidemic diseases affecting animals
- 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)
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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