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German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 3,781–3,840

Continuing the list — words 3,781 to 3,840 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. dieHetze hurry, rush; hunt, chase noun pl. Hetzen C1
  2. dasPorträt portrait noun pl. Porträts C1
  3. dieBeichte confession (sacramental disclosure of one's sins); confession (disclosure of one's bad… noun pl. Beichten C1
  4. derWeltcup world cup noun pl. Weltcups C1
  5. derOlympiasieger Olympic champion noun C1
  6. derAntrieb motive, incentive, motivation, drive; drive (device for moving a machine, vehicle, etc) noun pl. Antriebe C1
  7. dieTerrorgruppe terrorist group noun pl. Terrorgruppen C1
  8. dieParade parade (intentional, planned march); parade, march noun pl. Paraden C1
  9. derDesktop desktop noun pl. Desktops C1
  10. dieBestrafung punishment noun pl. Bestrafungen C1
  11. derAraber Arab, person from Arabia; Arabian horse noun C1
  12. dasNachhinein only used in im Nachhinein noun C1
  13. diePerücke wig; periwig; peruke noun pl. Perücken C1
  14. derHummer lobster noun C1
  15. derParlamentarier parliamentarian (member of parliament) noun C1
  16. derSuper-G Super G noun C1
  17. derLieferwagen delivery van noun C1
  18. derDrang pressure; stress; urge; impulse; longing noun pl. Dränge C1
  19. dieBegrenzung margin, boundary, limit, border; demarcation noun pl. Begrenzungen C1
  20. dasChi chi (Greek letter) noun pl. Chis C1
  21. dieExpansion expansion; growth noun pl. Expansionen C1
  22. derFreiwilliger volunteer (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Freiwillige C1
  23. derTierarzt veterinarian, veterinary surgeon (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Tierärzte C1
  24. derHistoriker historian (writer of history; a chronicler) noun C1
  25. dieMitgliedschaft membership (fact of being a member) noun pl. Mitgliedschaften C1
  26. derTouch touch (distinguishing feature, characteristic or quality); touch noun pl. Touchs C1
  27. dieWucht weight; massiveness, bulkiness, bulk noun pl. Wuchten C1
  28. dasSprichwort saying, proverb, adage, maxim (phrase) noun pl. Sprichwörter C1
  29. dieVergeltung requital; reciprocation; payback (the act of treating someone according to how they… noun pl. Vergeltungen C1
  30. dieDefinition definition noun pl. Definitionen C1
  31. dasSchuldgefühl guilt; feeling of guilt; guilt pang noun pl. Schuldgefühle C1
  32. dieWirtschaftsleistung economic output, economic performance noun pl. Wirtschaftsleistungen C1
  33. derSchnurrbart moustache noun pl. Schnurrbärte C1
  34. dieFlut flow, flood, high tide (rising movement of the tide; the time around when it reaches its… noun pl. Fluten C1
  35. derAnker anchor noun C1
  36. dieQual agony, anguish, torment, torture (that one suffers) noun pl. Qualen C1
  37. dasRauschen a murmur; noise noun C1
  38. dieAufstellung installation, deployment, establishment, erection; schedule, list noun pl. Aufstellungen C1
  39. dieFrühe morning; earliness, quality or state of being early noun C1
  40. dieHaftstrafe prison sentence, imprisonment noun pl. Haftstrafen C1
  41. dieLebensgefahr danger to life noun pl. Lebensgefahren C1
  42. dieSpezialität speciality noun pl. Spezialitäten C1
  43. derSchimmer gleam, glimmer, flicker; clue noun C1
  44. derMordfall murder case noun pl. Mordfälle C1
  45. dieAmbition ambition for some particular achievement noun pl. Ambitionen C1
  46. dieWildnis wilderness noun pl. Wildnisse C1
  47. derSchlamassel trouble, difficult situation, misfortune noun C1
  48. derOrdner binder, folder; folder noun C1
  49. dieSommerpause summer break (especially such a parliamentary recess) noun pl. Sommerpausen C1
  50. derStraßenverkehr road traffic noun C1
  51. dasBridge bridge (card game) noun C1
  52. dieWiederwahl re-election, reelection noun pl. Wiederwahlen C1
  53. dieWunschliste wish list, wishlist noun pl. Wunschlisten C1
  54. dieJahreszeit season, time of year noun pl. Jahreszeiten C1
  55. dieWant shroud noun pl. Wanten C1
  56. dieEntstehung creation; origin noun pl. Entstehungen C1
  57. derJurist jurist noun pl. Juristen C1
  58. dieRockmusik rock music noun C1
  59. dasVotum say; vote noun pl. Vota C1
  60. dieWirtschaftskrise economic crisis; slump, depression noun pl. Wirtschaftskrisen 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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