Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 4,621–4,680
Continuing the list — words 4,621 to 4,680 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.
- derAnrufer caller
- derRutsch trip; slip
- dieBundesstraße federal highway; major highway; a national highway in Germany or Austria
- dasBlutbad bloodbath
- derBankrott bankruptcy; one of any certain behaviours constituting a criminal offence for abstractly…
- derAtemzug breath (a single act of breathing in and out)
- dasKopfgeld bounty (reward)
- derMontagnachmittag Monday afternoon
- dasOktoberfest A two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late…
- derPapagei parrot
- dieFahrtrichtung driving direction
- derAngeber agent noun of angeben:; informer, squealer
- dasParkett parquet (kind of floor); parquet, parquet circle (lower ranks in a theatre)
- dieVorsorge precaution; provision
- derCoup coup (quick, brilliant, successful act); coup d'état
- dieErrichtung establishment, construction; foundation, formation, erection
- dieTruhe chest (large box with a hinged lid)
- dieBlondine blonde (a blonde woman)
- dasPi pi (Greek letter); pi, an important constant
- derScheinwerfer spotlight; headlight
- derRückhalt backing, support; reservation
- dasTerritorium territory
- dieVerschuldung indebtedness
- dieBuchhaltung accounting, bookkeeping
- dieFaszination fascination
- dasCape cape, cloak
- derPrototyp prototype
- derFalke falcon; hawk, hard-liner
- derSchwede Swede (Swedish person) (male or of unspecified gender); Swede (member of the Germanic…
- dieStaatsbürgerschaft nationality, citizenship
- dieGattin married woman, wife; female form of Gatte
- dasLabyrinth labyrinth; labyrinth, maze (technically not quite correct, compare Labyrinth and Maze)
- dieAusstrahlung broadcast; emission, radiance
- derBündner alliance member; of the Grisons (mountainous region in Switzerland)
- derHerausforderer challenger, contender; opponent
- dieHilfsorganisation aid agency
- dieKlärung clarification; treatment
- diePsychiatrie psychiatry; mental hospital
- derHeuchler hypocrite (person practising hypocrisy)
- derSchauplatz scene, venue
- dasTemperament temperament
- derUmbruch upheaval
- derBoulevard boulevard, avenue, broad street (typically outside the German-speaking countries,…
- derUmhang cloak, cape
- dieAlarmanlage burglar alarm, alarm system
- derGalgen gallows
- derFilmstar movie star, film star
- dieKlippe rock that is partly covered by (sea) water; cliff (steep rock face)
- derAlb elf, especially an evil one; creature that sits on one's chest while one sleeps
- derUmweg detour (a diversion or deviation from one's original route); roundabout way
- derFlugbegleiter flight attendant, steward, cabin attendant (male or of unspecified gender) (member of…
- derFuture futures contract
- dasUrteilsvermögen discernment, judgment
- dieIntensität intensity (intensity)
- derImpfstoff vaccine
- dieBestechung bribery; corruption
- dasTelefonat phone call
- dieTransformation transformation
- dieBearbeitung edit (a change to the text of a document); processing
- dieExpertise expertise; opinion (report) of an expert with regard to a specific matter
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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