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.

  1. derHausherr head of the household; host noun pl. Hausherren C1
  2. dieReduktion reduction noun pl. Reduktionen C1
  3. derHook a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five noun pl. Höke C1
  4. dasLux lux noun C1
  5. dieGrube pit, excavation (man- or animal-made hole in the ground); mine noun pl. Gruben C1
  6. dieAnsprache speech, address (an oration on a specific topic for a specific audience); toast (speech… noun pl. Ansprachen C1
  7. derStier bull; Taurus noun pl. Stiere C1
  8. derEntschluss resolution, conclusion; decision, resolve, determination noun pl. Entschlüsse C1
  9. derSonntagmorgen Sunday morning noun C1
  10. derKitt putty (certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes) noun pl. Kitte C1
  11. derTouchscreen touch screen noun pl. Touchscreens C1
  12. dasLog log (device for measuring a ship's speed); log noun pl. Loge C1
  13. dieHypothek mortgage noun pl. Hypotheken C1
  14. dieHärte hardness; toughness noun pl. Härten C1
  15. dieIntervention intervention (act of intervening) noun pl. Interventionen C1
  16. derEntzug revoking; withdrawal (an act of withdrawing; metabolic shock when an addictive substance… noun pl. Entzüge C1
  17. derLeibwächter bodyguard (male or of unspecified gender) noun C1
  18. dieWeiche railway switch, points; softness noun pl. Weichen C1
  19. dasHäschen leveret; bunny noun C1
  20. dieSeide silk; Any of several parasitic vines, of the genus Cuscuta, having small white flowers… noun pl. Seiden C1
  21. derHype hype noun pl. Hypes C1
  22. dieSklavin female slave noun pl. Sklavinnen C1
  23. derKlartext cleartext, plain text; straight talk noun pl. Klartexte C1
  24. derMix mix noun pl. Mixe C1
  25. dieNebenwirkung side effect; side effect, adverse effect noun pl. Nebenwirkungen C1
  26. diePrävention prevention (the act of preventing or hindering) noun pl. Präventionen C1
  27. dieWartezeit waiting time noun pl. Wartezeiten C1
  28. dieZahnbürste toothbrush noun pl. Zahnbürsten C1
  29. dasBlei lead (chemical element - Pb, atomic number 82) noun C1
  30. dieDepression depression noun pl. Depressionen C1
  31. derEinklang harmony; conformity, compliance, line, keeping noun pl. Einklänge C1
  32. dieLiquidität liquidity noun pl. Liquiditäten C1
  33. derAufprall impact (the force or energy of a collision of two objects) noun pl. Aufpralle C1
  34. derRettungswagen ambulance noun pl. Rettungswägen C1
  35. dieSenkung dip, reduction, lowering, drop, fall, descent; prolapse noun pl. Senkungen C1
  36. dieSparpolitik austerity policy noun C1
  37. derTessiner a native or inhabitant of Ticino, a canton of Switzerland.; of Ticino noun C1
  38. dieGarde guard noun pl. Garden C1
  39. dieSonde probe (device used to explore, investigate or measure); sonde, tube noun pl. Sonden C1
  40. dieUnterhose underpants (any piece of underwear covering at least the genitalia and buttocks) noun pl. Unterhosen C1
  41. derPsychopath psychopath noun pl. Psychopathen C1
  42. dieMassage massage noun pl. Massagen C1
  43. dasAntibiotikum antibiotic noun pl. Antibiotika C1
  44. dieBeihilfe benefit, allowance, grant, subsidy; aiding, abetting noun pl. Beihilfen C1
  45. derPudding thick custard; milk pudding, crème or mousse; cake with meat or fish laid into it, pide noun pl. Puddinge C1
  46. dieDurchführung implementation; performance, execution noun pl. Durchführungen C1
  47. derFreistaat free state noun pl. Freistaaten C1
  48. dasLabel record label; brand of clothes or sometimes other fashionable products like cosmetics,… noun pl. Labels C1
  49. dasLichtjahr light year noun pl. Lichtjahre C1
  50. dieLangeweile boredom, ennui, tedium noun C1
  51. derTabak tobacco noun pl. Tabake C1
  52. derBörsianer stockbroker noun C1
  53. derVorgesetzter boss, superior (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Vorgesetzte C1
  54. derKodex code (compilation of written law); code (system of unwritten but binding rules) noun pl. Kodizes C1
  55. derFreitagnachmittag Friday afternoon noun pl. Freitagnachmittage C1
  56. derGegenspieler opponent; adversary, antagonist noun C1
  57. derZubehör accessories, fittings, paraphernalia, equipment, supplies, belongings noun pl. Zubehöre C1
  58. dasMarihuana marijuana noun C1
  59. dasLebenszeichen sign of life noun C1
  60. dieSklaverei slavery noun 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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