Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 3,721–3,780
Words 3,721 to 3,780 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- derSchimmer gleam, glimmer, flicker; clue
- derMordfall murder case
- dieAmbition ambition for some particular achievement
- dieWildnis wilderness
- derSchlamassel trouble, difficult situation, misfortune
- derOrdner binder, folder; folder
- dieSommerpause summer break (especially such a parliamentary recess)
- derStraßenverkehr road traffic
- dasBridge bridge (card game)
- dieWiederwahl re-election, reelection
- dieWunschliste wish list, wishlist
- dieJahreszeit season, time of year
- dieWant shroud
- dieEntstehung creation; origin
- derJurist jurist
- dieRockmusik rock music
- dasVotum say; vote
- dieWirtschaftskrise economic crisis; slump, depression
- dieLetztere latter (referring to a feminine noun); latter
- derJeep jeep
- dieEminenz eminence; Eminence
- dieMailbox mailbox, voice mailbox; bulletin board system
- derFerner glacier; furthermore, in addition
- derUS-Amerikaner American, U.S. American
- dieVerschwendung waste
- dieÄhnlichkeit similarity, resemblance
- dieErfüllung fulfillment
- derBon voucher; receipt
- dieSubstanz substance, matter, material; substance (concrete arguments or points being presented)
- derVorabend the previous evening; the evening before something; the evening before a Sunday or…
- dasWesentliche gist, nitty-gritty
- derArgentinier Argentinian (person from Argentina)
- dasCelsius Celsius
- dieEinsicht insight (power of acute observation and deduction, that can see through to a solution);…
- dasGewebe fabric (woven fabric), cloth, tissue, stuff, weave, mesh (e.g. wire mesh); tissue
- derNürnberger Native or resident of Nuremberg
- Barbie a surname
- dasEichhörnchen squirrel (in the narrow sense, Sciurus vulgaris)
- dasPoker poker (card game)
- dieLesbe lesbian
- dieKlimaanlage air conditioner
- derVulkan volcano
- derAmi American (native or inhabitant of the USA); Yank, Yankee
- derAnbetracht chiefly used in in Anbetracht (also occurring in in keinem Anbetracht, in diesem…
- dieBronze bronze
- derAbgrund abyss, precipice
- dieZeichnung drawing; subscription
- derSozialist socialist / Socialist (male or of unspecified sex)
- dieAbreise departure
- dieDreharbeit shooting, principal photography
- dieMittagspause lunchbreak, lunch hour (A break at work for having lunch, usually at a fixed time around…
- derWettkampf contest (competition)
- derFreitagmorgen Freitag morning
- dasGrundgesetz constitution (formal or informal system of primary principles and laws regulating a…
- dieTrommel drum (musical instrument); drum-shaped part of a machine
- dasFinanzministerium ministry of finance
- dieLocke curl (single loop in hair); lock or length of hair, especially when wavy or falling in a…
- derNachname last name, surname
- dasFeuerzeug tinderbox; lighter
- derSerienmörder serial killer
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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