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.

  1. derAnrufer caller noun C1
  2. derRutsch trip; slip noun pl. Rutsche C1
  3. dieBundesstraße federal highway; major highway; a national highway in Germany or Austria noun pl. Bundesstraßen C1
  4. dasBlutbad bloodbath noun pl. Blutbäder C1
  5. derBankrott bankruptcy; one of any certain behaviours constituting a criminal offence for abstractly… noun pl. Bankrotte C1
  6. derAtemzug breath (a single act of breathing in and out) noun pl. Atemzüge C1
  7. dasKopfgeld bounty (reward) noun pl. Kopfgelder C1
  8. derMontagnachmittag Monday afternoon noun pl. Montagnachmittage C1
  9. dasOktoberfest A two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late… noun pl. Oktoberfeste C1
  10. derPapagei parrot noun pl. Papageien C1
  11. dieFahrtrichtung driving direction noun pl. Fahrtrichtungen C1
  12. derAngeber agent noun of angeben:; informer, squealer noun C1
  13. dasParkett parquet (kind of floor); parquet, parquet circle (lower ranks in a theatre) noun pl. Parkette C1
  14. dieVorsorge precaution; provision noun pl. Vorsorgen C1
  15. derCoup coup (quick, brilliant, successful act); coup d'état noun pl. Coups C1
  16. dieErrichtung establishment, construction; foundation, formation, erection noun pl. Errichtungen C1
  17. dieTruhe chest (large box with a hinged lid) noun pl. Truhen C1
  18. dieBlondine blonde (a blonde woman) noun pl. Blondinen C1
  19. dasPi pi (Greek letter); pi, an important constant noun pl. Pis C1
  20. derScheinwerfer spotlight; headlight noun C1
  21. derRückhalt backing, support; reservation noun pl. Rückhalte C1
  22. dasTerritorium territory noun pl. Territorien C1
  23. dieVerschuldung indebtedness noun pl. Verschuldungen C1
  24. dieBuchhaltung accounting, bookkeeping noun pl. Buchhaltungen C1
  25. dieFaszination fascination noun pl. Faszinationen C1
  26. dasCape cape, cloak noun pl. Capes C1
  27. derPrototyp prototype noun pl. Prototypen C1
  28. derFalke falcon; hawk, hard-liner noun pl. Falken C1
  29. derSchwede Swede (Swedish person) (male or of unspecified gender); Swede (member of the Germanic… noun pl. Schweden C1
  30. dieStaatsbürgerschaft nationality, citizenship noun pl. Staatsbürgerschaften C1
  31. dieGattin married woman, wife; female form of Gatte noun pl. Gattinnen C1
  32. dasLabyrinth labyrinth; labyrinth, maze (technically not quite correct, compare Labyrinth and Maze) noun pl. Labyrinthe C1
  33. dieAusstrahlung broadcast; emission, radiance noun pl. Ausstrahlungen C1
  34. derBündner alliance member; of the Grisons (mountainous region in Switzerland) noun C1
  35. derHerausforderer challenger, contender; opponent noun C1
  36. dieHilfsorganisation aid agency noun pl. Hilfsorganisationen C1
  37. dieKlärung clarification; treatment noun pl. Klärungen C1
  38. diePsychiatrie psychiatry; mental hospital noun pl. Psychiatrien C1
  39. derHeuchler hypocrite (person practising hypocrisy) noun C1
  40. derSchauplatz scene, venue noun pl. Schauplätze C1
  41. dasTemperament temperament noun pl. Temperamente C1
  42. derUmbruch upheaval noun pl. Umbrüche C1
  43. derBoulevard boulevard, avenue, broad street (typically outside the German-speaking countries,… noun pl. Boulevards C1
  44. derUmhang cloak, cape noun pl. Umhänge C1
  45. dieAlarmanlage burglar alarm, alarm system noun pl. Alarmanlagen C1
  46. derGalgen gallows noun C1
  47. derFilmstar movie star, film star noun pl. Filmstars C1
  48. dieKlippe rock that is partly covered by (sea) water; cliff (steep rock face) noun pl. Klippen C1
  49. derAlb elf, especially an evil one; creature that sits on one's chest while one sleeps noun pl. Alben C1
  50. derUmweg detour (a diversion or deviation from one's original route); roundabout way noun pl. Umwege C1
  51. derFlugbegleiter flight attendant, steward, cabin attendant (male or of unspecified gender) (member of… noun C1
  52. derFuture futures contract noun pl. Futures C1
  53. dasUrteilsvermögen discernment, judgment noun C1
  54. dieIntensität intensity (intensity) noun pl. Intensitäten C1
  55. derImpfstoff vaccine noun pl. Impfstoffe C1
  56. dieBestechung bribery; corruption noun pl. Bestechungen C1
  57. dasTelefonat phone call noun pl. Telefonate C1
  58. dieTransformation transformation noun pl. Transformationen C1
  59. dieBearbeitung edit (a change to the text of a document); processing noun pl. Bearbeitungen C1
  60. dieExpertise expertise; opinion (report) of an expert with regard to a specific matter noun pl. Expertisen 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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