Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 4,261–4,320
Continuing the list — words 4,261 to 4,320 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.
- derHausherr head of the household; host
- dieReduktion reduction
- derHook a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five
- dasLux lux
- dieGrube pit, excavation (man- or animal-made hole in the ground); mine
- dieAnsprache speech, address (an oration on a specific topic for a specific audience); toast (speech…
- derStier bull; Taurus
- derEntschluss resolution, conclusion; decision, resolve, determination
- derSonntagmorgen Sunday morning
- derKitt putty (certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes)
- derTouchscreen touch screen
- dasLog log (device for measuring a ship's speed); log
- dieHypothek mortgage
- dieHärte hardness; toughness
- dieIntervention intervention (act of intervening)
- derEntzug revoking; withdrawal (an act of withdrawing; metabolic shock when an addictive substance…
- derLeibwächter bodyguard (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieWeiche railway switch, points; softness
- dasHäschen leveret; bunny
- dieSeide silk; Any of several parasitic vines, of the genus Cuscuta, having small white flowers…
- derHype hype
- dieSklavin female slave
- derKlartext cleartext, plain text; straight talk
- derMix mix
- dieNebenwirkung side effect; side effect, adverse effect
- diePrävention prevention (the act of preventing or hindering)
- dieWartezeit waiting time
- dieZahnbürste toothbrush
- dasBlei lead (chemical element - Pb, atomic number 82)
- dieDepression depression
- derEinklang harmony; conformity, compliance, line, keeping
- dieLiquidität liquidity
- derAufprall impact (the force or energy of a collision of two objects)
- derRettungswagen ambulance
- dieSenkung dip, reduction, lowering, drop, fall, descent; prolapse
- dieSparpolitik austerity policy
- derTessiner a native or inhabitant of Ticino, a canton of Switzerland.; of Ticino
- dieGarde guard
- dieSonde probe (device used to explore, investigate or measure); sonde, tube
- dieUnterhose underpants (any piece of underwear covering at least the genitalia and buttocks)
- derPsychopath psychopath
- dieMassage massage
- dasAntibiotikum antibiotic
- dieBeihilfe benefit, allowance, grant, subsidy; aiding, abetting
- derPudding thick custard; milk pudding, crème or mousse; cake with meat or fish laid into it, pide
- dieDurchführung implementation; performance, execution
- derFreistaat free state
- dasLabel record label; brand of clothes or sometimes other fashionable products like cosmetics,…
- dasLichtjahr light year
- dieLangeweile boredom, ennui, tedium
- derTabak tobacco
- derBörsianer stockbroker
- derVorgesetzter boss, superior (male or of unspecified gender)
- derKodex code (compilation of written law); code (system of unwritten but binding rules)
- derFreitagnachmittag Friday afternoon
- derGegenspieler opponent; adversary, antagonist
- derZubehör accessories, fittings, paraphernalia, equipment, supplies, belongings
- dasMarihuana marijuana
- dasLebenszeichen sign of life
- dieSklaverei slavery
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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