Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 3,841–3,900
Words 3,841 to 3,900 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- derPony pony (horse); bangs, fringe (way of cutting the front portion of the hair)
- dieMaterie matter; subject matter, the practical realities and collected knowledge regarding the…
- derBeschuss bombardment, fire
- dieUnterwelt netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol (kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor…
- derContent content
- dieHaustür front door; doorstep, threshold
- dieGeschäftsführung management (of a company)
- derZuwanderer newcomer (male or of unspecified gender) (new resident from a different area in the same…
- derGlanz gleam, sparkle, glitter; splendor, glory
- dieFähre ferry
- derPub pub, bar
- dasHeimatland homeland, home country
- derJazz jazz (musical art form)
- derKlempner plumber, tinsmith (male or of unspecified gender)
- dasErmittlungsverfahren preliminary / investigatory proceedings
- dieGleiche equality; evenness
- dieSpaghetti spaghetti; wop (person of Italian descent)
- derSchlauch hose, tube (flexible pipe); waterskin, wineskin (flexible container for liquids)
- dieTurbulenz turbulence
- dieGrille cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae); whim, strange thought, freakish or fantastical…
- dieAktualisierung update
- derAusschluss exclusion, expulsion; statute of repose
- derGrundsatz principle, tenet
- dasGymnasium grammar school (UK), prep school (US) (school used to prepare students for university)
- dieKünstlerin artist (female)
- derSchöpfer creator; Creator, Maker
- dieAuktion auction
- dasHandwerk labour, especially of a manual type; trade (skilled practice)
- dasMikrofon microphone
- dieMathematik mathematics (study)
- dieMatratze mattress (a pad often of soft cushiony material for sleeping on)
- dieMordwaffe murder weapon
- dieGesamtwertung general classification, overall placing, overall ranking
- dieKonstanz constancy, consistency, permanence, stability (of a development or regular occurrence);…
- dieOrientierung orientation
- dasBeruhigungsmittel sedative
- dieTrage stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person); back carrier
- dasWeltall cosmos; outer space; region beyond Earth’s atmosphere
- dieAue flood meadow, floodplain (a flat grassy area adjacent to a river bed, subject to…
- derLandwirt farmer, agriculturist (male or of unspecified gender)
- derBallon balloon
- dasRudel pack (of wolves, dogs, hyenas etc.)
- derHorizont horizon (line where the sky appears to meet the earth; (figurative) range of someone’s…
- derDekan dean (senior official at a university; male or unspecified gender); decane (alternative…
- dieLimousine saloon car/sedan (car with a lowered boot/trunk); limousine (luxury version of the above)
- dieFracht freight, cargo; fare, the price paid for conveyance
- dieDelegation delegation
- dieDiktatur dictatorship
- dasGedenken remembrance; to remember, to commemorate
- derKerker dungeon (immured and very austere prison, often underground); an aggravated form of prison
- dieAußenpolitik foreign policy, foreign affairs
- derVormarsch advance
- diePredigt sermon, preaching; proclamation
- dasEigenkapital equity; capital
- dieSchwachstelle weakness, weak point; vulnerability
- dieZutat ingredient (one of the parts of a whole)
- dieZuflucht refuge, protection, escape
- derGenerator generator (electrical machine)
- dieArbeitsgruppe workgroup; gang (of workers)
- dieAttraktivität attractiveness
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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.