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.
- dieSpielerin player
- derVerehrer lover (primarily one who loves another in secret); admirer
- dieOlive olive (fruit); olive (tree)
- dasXi xi (Greek letter)
- dasZusammenspiel interaction, interplay, cooperation, teamwork
- dasVermächtnis testamentary gift: bequest, devise, legacy
- derBengel a club wielded as a weapon; a young rascal
- derAufständischer insurgent, rebel
- dasAuswärtsspiel away game
- dieAnzahlung deposit, down payment (portion of a price paid before service/delivery as a security for…
- dieBrandstiftung arson
- derHauptgrund main / chief reason
- dieOffenheit openness; candour, sincerity, frankness, forthrightness
- Rally rally (a period of sustained increase in the prices of stocks, bonds, or indexes); rally…
- dieVorrunde preliminary round, qualifying round
- derWaffenstillstand armistice (conclusive cessation of combat); ceasefire, truce (agreed temporary cessation…
- dieArbeitskraft worker, employee; labor force, manpower
- derBube knave; jack (playing card); boy; lad
- dasImperium empire; the right to enforce the law
- derKopfball header
- dasOberlandesgericht regional appeal court
- dieRelegation a play-off between teams from different leagues deciding about promotion and relegation
- dasPrivileg privilege
- derAnsturm onslaught, inrush, storming; stampede
- derBehälter container (item that can store or transport objects or materials)
- dieBundesagentur federal agency
- derFreiburger a native or inhabitant of Freiburg; a native or inhabitant of Fribourg/Switzerland
- dasImpressum imprint; masthead
- dieMessung measurement, mensuration; metering
- dasKaliber calibre
- dasPolo polo (ball game)
- derVorarlberger a native or inhabitant of Vorarlberg, a state of Austria.; of Vorarlberg
- dieGranate a grenade (weapon)
- dieZuverlässigkeit reliability, steadiness, trustworthiness
- dasMorgengrauen crack of dawn; daybreak; dawn
- derKristall crystal in the sense of mineral and its molecular structure ("array of atoms"), not in…
- derEinwand objection (statement expressing opposition)
- dieAtomwaffe nuclear weapon
- dasUnheil calamity, disaster (an event resulting in great loss)
- dieFreilassung release, manumission; emancipation
- dieWiege cradle; infancy, origin
- derUntersuchungsausschuss board of enquiry, investigation committee
- derKognak cognac; brandy (liquor)
- derBlas blow (air exhaled by whales after diving)
- derVulkanier Vulcan; A member of the humanoid race inhabiting the fictional planet Vulcan.
- derAufwärtstrend uptrend, upward trend (a sustained period of rising prices); upward trend, uptick,…
- dieVorfreude joyful anticipation
- derRektor headmaster, rector of a school or university (male or of unspecified gender)
- derQuark quark (kind of cheese or cream); nonsense; rubbish; baloney
- derÜbergriff intervention; incursion, encroachment, abuse, infringement, attack
- derAargauer a native or inhabitant of Aargau, a canton of Switzerland.; of Aargau
- dieBeurteilung judgement, assessment
- derChili chili (fruit); chili (powder)
- dieDiskretion discretion
- dieEnthüllung unveiling; revelation
- dieGeiselnahme taking of hostages
- derPascha pasha (high-ranking Turkish military officer); a patriarch, male chauvinist, who expects…
- dieEvakuierung evacuation
- derStudierender student, scholar; student at a Ingenieurschule or Fachhochschule
- dieVernichtung destruction (the act of destroying); annihilation, extinction (the act of annihilating…
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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