Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 3,961–4,020
Continuing the list — words 3,961 to 4,020 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.
- dieAktualisierung update
- derAusschluss exclusion, expulsion; statute of repose
- derGrundsatz principle, tenet
- derSchöpfer creator; Creator, Maker
- dieAuktion auction
- dasHandwerk labour, especially of a manual type; trade (skilled practice)
- dasMikrofon microphone
- 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
- derGesetzgeber legislator
- dieJahreshälfte half-year, half of the year
- derUmlauf circulation; revolution
- dasKomitee committee
- dasBundesverfassungsgericht federal constitutional court
- derProphet prophet
- dieGastronomie food service industry, catering trade; gastronomy (art of cooking)
- dieFlora flora (plants as a group; microorganisms); Flora
- derStiefvater stepfather
- derGrimm wrath, deep-rooted anger, rage; a surname
- derStaatsbürger citizen (legal member of a state) (male or unspecified)
- dasVorurteil prejudice (preconceived opinion); stereotype, cliché
- dieAlarmstufe alert level
- dieRüstung armament (the act of acquiring or producing weapons); arms industry, ellipsis of…
- dasMieses nominalization of mies
- dasKindermädchen nanny (female) (cf. männliches Kindermädchen (“male nanny or manny”))
- dieElektronik electronics
- derGlobus globe
- derDonut doughnut; donut
- derKoller tantrum, paddy, fit; vague sort of temporary psychological problem, spleen
- derMythos myth, mythos (narrative of importance to a particular group or culture); myth (something…
- derWerwolf werewolf
- derEhrgeiz ambition
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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