Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 3,601–3,660
Words 3,601 to 3,660 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dasWohnhaus residential building; dwellinghouse, residence
- derTechniker technician, technologist, engineer (male or of unspecified gender) (frequently used in…
- dieArbeitszeit working hours (the time of duty at a workplace, the time spend working)
- derReport report (all senses)
- dasZeitalter age; era (historic period of time)
- dieAbhängigkeit dependence; dependency
- dieFälschung counterfeit, forgery
- derHausarrest house arrest (legal punishment); grounding (children's punishment)
- dasLebewesen organism (any living thing); creature; an animal or human
- Hunderttausende hundreds of thousands
- dasLösegeld ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- dieKuppel dome (structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere)
- derDiplomat diplomat
- dasNotebook notebook computer
- dieOptik optics (physics of light and vision); look (style, fashion)
- derWettbewerber competitor
- dasWrack wreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.); wreck (physically and/or mentally…
- derTreibstoff fuel (for an engine)
- dasHoppla flub, fluff, lapse, oopsy, slip-up; oops, upsadaisy
- dasWaisenhaus orphanage
- dasManöver maneuver
- dasWurmloch wormhole
- dasSchlusslicht tail-light, taillamp; bottom of the pile, backmarker
- dieFee fairy
- derSchweiger man of few words (someone who rarely speaks)
- dieQuarantäne quarantine
- derKommunist communist / Communist (male or of unspecified sex) (a person who follows a communist or…
- dasHalleluja hallelujah
- dieBewältigung coping, handling, mastering
- dieErleichterung relief; ease, easing
- derMaulwurf mole (small, burrowing insectivore of the family Talpidae); mole (internal spy)
- dieTaube pigeon, dove (male or female bird of the Columba genus); Columba (constellation)
- dieNuss nut
- dieBehauptung claim, assertion
- derInhaber owner, holder, bearer; proprietor
- dieMörderin murderer, assassin, assassinator, cutthroat, killer, slayer (all female)
- derMachthaber ruler, ruling power, ruling class; potentate
- dieWanne tub, flat-bottomed vessel; for bathing or washing
- derÜberschuss surplus, excess
- dasDefizit deficit; deficiency
- derDrogendealer drug dealer
- dieKolumne column (body of text); column (recurring feature)
- derKragen collar; neck
- derZwischenfall incident
- derValentinstag Valentine's Day
- derChefredakteur editor in chief (male or of unspecified gender) (highest ranking editor)
- derMobilfunk mobile / cellular telephony
- dasEhrenwort One's word of honor, linking a claim or promise to one's personal integrity
- derSchlamm mud; sludge, ooze
- dieUnruhe turbulence, perturbation, moving more than biding, budging more than considered…
- dasDiner diner (eatery)
- dieStange pole; bar; rod; post (a long stick, usually round and of metal, but also of other…
- dasGewerbe business, commercial enterprise, industry, trade
- dieAbkürzung abbreviation; shortcut
- dasBegräbnis funeral, burial; place of burial
- dasDienstmädchen maid, housemaid
- derChirurg surgeon (kind of doctor, male or of unspecified sex)
- dieBelegschaft workforce, labour force; staff, personnel
- derWal whale
- dieLockerung easing, loosening, relaxation
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.
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