Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 4,081–4,140
Words 4,081 to 4,140 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- derDamm embankment; perineum
- derLaser laser (beam of light)
- derBlogger blogger (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieInformatik computer science; information technology
- derLieferant supplier, provider, deliverer
- dieChemikalie chemical (chemical substance) produced industrially or in a laboratory
- derUnterschlupf shelter, hiding place, bolthole; safehouse
- derBesen broom
- dieTugend virtue
- derStart-up startup (fast-growing company)
- derNeuanfang new beginning, new start, fresh start
- derStillstand standstill
- dieWeiterbildung further education
- dieAnordnung arrangement, array; order
- derSenf mustard
- derSchwiegersohn son-in-law
- derHörer agent noun of hören; listener
- derKontrahent opponent, rival, antagonist; contracting legal subject, counterparty
- dieList cunning, craft; ruse, trick, stratagem
- derMilan kite (bird of prey); a male given name from the Slavic languages, popular in the late…
- derReview report; review
- dieBelästigung harassment
- dasDarlehen loan
- dieLeistungsfähigkeit efficiency, effectiveness, performance, capability, ability
- dieHaue spanking; hoe, pick
- dasRingen (olympic) wrestling; to wrestle
- dasSelbstbewusstsein aplomb, self-assurance, self-confidence; self-awareness
- derCanyon canyon
- dieAder blood vessel; a vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a…
- dieMordkommission homicide division, homicide squad
- dieAbschiebung deportation
- dieErkältung cold (illness)
- derLeitzins key interest rate, benchmark interest rate (the rate set by a central bank to influence…
- dieSubvention subsidy
- dieGehirnerschütterung concussion
- dieVolksabstimmung referendum (direct vote on a proposed law or other political decision)
- dieBürgermeisterin mayor (female), mayoress (leader of a city)
- dieApokalypse apocalypse
- derKnabe knave, boy, lad
- dieLebensqualität quality of life
- derSchwindler cheater, fibber (telling mostly harmless lies); swindler, deceiver, fraud
- derSüddeutscher a person who comes from or lives in Southern Germany (male or of unspecified gender)
- dasUnwetter severe weather, storm, rainstorm (an instance of weather characterized by strong wind…
- dieRomantik romanticism
- dieAusschreibung tender (for a contract); tendering, bidding
- derPrivatdetektiv private investigator
- derSprint sprint (race); sprint (act of sprinting)
- dasWertpapier security (e.g. negotiable instruments, stocks, bonds, or other financial assets.)
- derZehntel tenth
- dasMorphium morphine
- dieAbwertung devaluation (lessening or lowering in value)
- derBote messenger (male or of unspecified gender); postman, letter carrier
- derBeifahrer front passenger; driver's mate
- dieSchwerkraft gravitation, gravity
- derVerstoß violation, breach, offense, infringement
- derSöldner mercenary, sellsword
- Arbeitsbedingungen working conditions
- dieKiefer pine (tree of genus Pinus); jaw
- derKomfort a state of relative luxury, ample sufficiency, especially with regard to mod cons;…
- derKonsens consensus (general agreement)
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.