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German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 4,081–4,140

Continuing the list — words 4,081 to 4,140 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. derDefekt defect; broken, out of order noun pl. Defekte C1
  2. dieInnenministerin feminine equivalent of Innenminister noun pl. Innenministerinnen C1
  3. dieLandeshauptstadt state capital, capital of a Bundesland; national capital (capital of a country) noun pl. Landeshauptstädte C1
  4. dasAss ace (a playing card); a person who is extremely good at (at least) one discipline noun pl. Asse C1
  5. dieRazzia police raid noun pl. Razzien C1
  6. derKampfjet fighter jet noun pl. Kampfjets C1
  7. dieGier greed; a surname noun C1
  8. derRapper rapper (performer of rap music) noun C1
  9. derSamstagmorgen Saturday morning noun C1
  10. derErzähler narrator noun C1
  11. dieKolonie colony (settlement away from the mainland/motherland); synonym of Siedlung (“housing… noun pl. Kolonien C1
  12. dasGPS GPS noun C1
  13. derGerichtssaal courtroom noun pl. Gerichtssäle C1
  14. dasDonnerwetter synonym of Gewitter (“thunderstorm”); shouting, row, (most often) a loud beratement noun C1
  15. derMitspieler teammate, coplayer; fellow actor, costar noun C1
  16. derBoom boom noun pl. Booms C1
  17. dieProvokation provocation noun pl. Provokationen C1
  18. dieSouveränität sovereignty; poise, confidence, calmness of emotion noun pl. Souveränitäten C1
  19. derRitt ride noun pl. Ritte C1
  20. derMarquis marquis, marquess (kind of nobleman, chiefly in a French-speaking country) noun C1
  21. derTeich pond (natural or man-made) noun pl. Teiche C1
  22. derRaubüberfall robbery, holdup, raid noun pl. Raubüberfälle C1
  23. dieFassade facade noun pl. Fassaden C1
  24. dieWange cheek (on the face) noun pl. Wangen C1
  25. dieWettbewerbsfähigkeit competitiveness noun C1
  26. dieAbschreibung writedown, writeoff noun pl. Abschreibungen C1
  27. derStoß push, shove, bump; stack, pile noun pl. Stöße C1
  28. derBundesgerichtshof federal court noun pl. Bundesgerichtshöfe C1
  29. dasDesaster disaster noun C1
  30. dieLogistik logistics noun C1
  31. dasGehör hearing (sense or faculty of perceiving and interpreting sound); attention, being heard,… noun pl. Gehöre C1
  32. derSlalom slalom; obstacle course, zigzag noun pl. Slaloms C1
  33. dieVerschiebung delay, deferral, deferment, postponement, suspension, adjournment; shift, displacement,… noun pl. Verschiebungen C1
  34. dasArbeitszimmer workroom, study (room for work, typically in a private house) noun C1
  35. dieNotwehr self-defense noun C1
  36. diePatrouille patrol noun pl. Patrouillen C1
  37. dieKlapper rattle (child's toy, musical instrument, of a rattlesnake, etc.), ratchet (noisemaker,… noun pl. Klappern C1
  38. dieAblöse supersession, overhaul; ellipsis of Ablösesumme or Ablösegeld noun pl. Ablösen C1
  39. derSchmetterling butterfly; any insect of the order Lepidoptera, i.e. a butterfly or moth noun pl. Schmetterlinge C1
  40. dieReduzierung reduction noun pl. Reduzierungen C1
  41. dieVerschärfung tightening, intensification; Holtzmann's law: a sound change whereby Proto-Germanic *jj… noun pl. Verschärfungen C1
  42. derMartini martini (cocktail); Martinmas (feast day of St Martin of Tours) noun pl. Martinis C1
  43. derKläger plaintiff (party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant) noun C1
  44. diePressefreiheit freedom of the press noun pl. Pressefreiheiten C1
  45. derAsphalt asphalt, asphalt concrete, tarmac noun pl. Asphalte C1
  46. dieHalluzination hallucination (sensory perception of something that does not exist) noun pl. Halluzinationen C1
  47. dieButch butch noun pl. Butches C1
  48. derBekannter acquaintance, friend (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Bekannte C1
  49. derOrbit orbit (path of one object around another object) noun pl. Orbits C1
  50. dieKapsel capsule; pod, shell noun pl. Kapseln C1
  51. dasInternat boarding school noun pl. Internate C1
  52. dieAnhebung elevation, raising, uplift; increase, accentuation noun pl. Anhebungen C1
  53. dieMühle mill, grinder (tool or apparatus for grinding); mill (building where such an apparatus… noun pl. Mühlen C1
  54. dieDominanz dominance noun pl. Dominanzen C1
  55. derNeger black; negro; nigger; cue card noun C1
  56. derPrediger preacher; Ecclesiastes noun C1
  57. dasInland homeland, domestic territory (as opposed to a foreign country); inland (areas more or… noun C1
  58. derStick stick in any English sense that applies to computing noun pl. Sticks C1
  59. derGerichtsmediziner coronor, medical examiner noun C1
  60. dieGegenleistung return, return service, quid pro quo noun pl. Gegenleistungen 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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