Vocabulary · Nouns

German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 4,441–4,500

Continuing the list — words 4,441 to 4,500 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. dieSpielerin player noun pl. Spielerinnen C1
  2. derVerehrer lover (primarily one who loves another in secret); admirer noun C1
  3. dieOlive olive (fruit); olive (tree) noun pl. Oliven C1
  4. dasXi xi (Greek letter) noun pl. Xis C1
  5. dasZusammenspiel interaction, interplay, cooperation, teamwork noun C1
  6. dasVermächtnis testamentary gift: bequest, devise, legacy noun pl. Vermächtnisse C1
  7. derBengel a club wielded as a weapon; a young rascal noun C1
  8. derAufständischer insurgent, rebel noun pl. Aufständische C1
  9. dasAuswärtsspiel away game noun pl. Auswärtsspiele C1
  10. dieAnzahlung deposit, down payment (portion of a price paid before service/delivery as a security for… noun pl. Anzahlungen C1
  11. dieBrandstiftung arson noun pl. Brandstiftungen C1
  12. derHauptgrund main / chief reason noun pl. Hauptgründe C1
  13. dieOffenheit openness; candour, sincerity, frankness, forthrightness noun pl. Offenheiten C1
  14. Rally rally (a period of sustained increase in the prices of stocks, bonds, or indexes); rally… noun pl. Rallys C1
  15. dieVorrunde preliminary round, qualifying round noun pl. Vorrunden C1
  16. derWaffenstillstand armistice (conclusive cessation of combat); ceasefire, truce (agreed temporary cessation… noun pl. Waffenstillstände C1
  17. dieArbeitskraft worker, employee; labor force, manpower noun pl. Arbeitskräfte C1
  18. derBube knave; jack (playing card); boy; lad noun pl. Buben C1
  19. dasImperium empire; the right to enforce the law noun pl. Imperien C1
  20. derKopfball header noun pl. Kopfbälle C1
  21. dasOberlandesgericht regional appeal court noun pl. Oberlandesgerichte C1
  22. dieRelegation a play-off between teams from different leagues deciding about promotion and relegation noun pl. Relegationen C1
  23. dasPrivileg privilege noun pl. Privilegien C1
  24. derAnsturm onslaught, inrush, storming; stampede noun pl. Anstürme C1
  25. derBehälter container (item that can store or transport objects or materials) noun C1
  26. dieBundesagentur federal agency noun pl. Bundesagenturen C1
  27. derFreiburger a native or inhabitant of Freiburg; a native or inhabitant of Fribourg/Switzerland noun C1
  28. dasImpressum imprint; masthead noun pl. Impressen C1
  29. dieMessung measurement, mensuration; metering noun pl. Messungen C1
  30. dasKaliber calibre noun C1
  31. dasPolo polo (ball game) noun C1
  32. derVorarlberger a native or inhabitant of Vorarlberg, a state of Austria.; of Vorarlberg noun C1
  33. dieGranate a grenade (weapon) noun pl. Granaten C1
  34. dieZuverlässigkeit reliability, steadiness, trustworthiness noun pl. Zuverlässigkeiten C1
  35. dasMorgengrauen crack of dawn; daybreak; dawn noun C1
  36. derKristall crystal in the sense of mineral and its molecular structure ("array of atoms"), not in… noun pl. Kristalle C1
  37. derEinwand objection (statement expressing opposition) noun pl. Einwände C1
  38. dieAtomwaffe nuclear weapon noun pl. Atomwaffen C1
  39. dasUnheil calamity, disaster (an event resulting in great loss) noun C1
  40. dieFreilassung release, manumission; emancipation noun pl. Freilassungen C1
  41. dieWiege cradle; infancy, origin noun pl. Wiegen C1
  42. derUntersuchungsausschuss board of enquiry, investigation committee noun pl. Untersuchungsausschüsse C1
  43. derKognak cognac; brandy (liquor) noun pl. Kognake C1
  44. derBlas blow (air exhaled by whales after diving) noun pl. Blase C1
  45. derVulkanier Vulcan; A member of the humanoid race inhabiting the fictional planet Vulcan. noun C1
  46. derAufwärtstrend uptrend, upward trend (a sustained period of rising prices); upward trend, uptick,… noun pl. Aufwärtstrende C1
  47. dieVorfreude joyful anticipation noun pl. Vorfreuden C1
  48. derRektor headmaster, rector of a school or university (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Rektoren C1
  49. derQuark quark (kind of cheese or cream); nonsense; rubbish; baloney noun C1
  50. derÜbergriff intervention; incursion, encroachment, abuse, infringement, attack noun pl. Übergriffe C1
  51. derAargauer a native or inhabitant of Aargau, a canton of Switzerland.; of Aargau noun C1
  52. dieBeurteilung judgement, assessment noun pl. Beurteilungen C1
  53. derChili chili (fruit); chili (powder) noun pl. Chilis C1
  54. dieDiskretion discretion noun C1
  55. dieEnthüllung unveiling; revelation noun pl. Enthüllungen C1
  56. dieGeiselnahme taking of hostages noun pl. Geiselnahmen C1
  57. derPascha pasha (high-ranking Turkish military officer); a patriarch, male chauvinist, who expects… noun pl. Paschas C1
  58. dieEvakuierung evacuation noun pl. Evakuierungen C1
  59. derStudierender student, scholar; student at a Ingenieurschule or Fachhochschule noun pl. Studierende C1
  60. dieVernichtung destruction (the act of destroying); annihilation, extinction (the act of annihilating… noun pl. Vernichtungen 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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