Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 4,681–4,740
Continuing the list — words 4,681 to 4,740 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.
- dasAdrenalin adrenaline (epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter)
- dieKonstruktion construction
- derRun run; A rush or stampede of people, as caused by scarcity.
- dieSozialhilfe income support, minimal social assistance
- dieKonversation conversation (talking, especially small talk)
- dieTraurigkeit sadness, unhappiness
- dieSpeise meal, fare (food)
- dieRechenschaft account, accountability; reckoning
- dieSchlucht canyon, chasm, gorge, ravine
- dieAusführung execution, implementation; design, model
- dieDeflation deflation
- derClan clan
- dieEinigkeit unity; consensus, agreement
- dieFormulierung wording, phrasing; formulation
- dieAngewohnheit habit, custom
- dasSonnenlicht sunlight
- dieStromversorgung electricity supply
- derWestern western
- dasSushi sushi (Japanese dish)
- dasGeschwätz twaddle, nonsense; gossip
- dieAuslosung draw, the act of drawing; something drawn by chance
- derDonnerstagmorgen Thursday morning
- derBonbon hard candy; sweet, candy in general
- derKnopfdruck touch of a button, push of a button, press of a button
- derAst bough, limb, branch
- dasSchmerzmittel painkiller, analgesic
- derLappen cloth, rag; lobe
- diePuste breath
- dieAtombombe atomic bomb, nuclear bomb
- derAmtskollege fellow leader, ministerial colleague, counterpart (male or of unspecified gender) (A…
- dieAnbindung connection (act of); connectivity (state of)
- dieMade maggot (soft, legless larva)
- dasManuskript manuscript; handwritten or typewritten original of a text (as against a printed or…
- dieBlutgruppe A blood type, genetic blood classification
- dasFlüchtlingslager refugee camp
- dieKandidatin female candidate
- derSuizid suicide
- dieVerbrennung burning, combustion; burn
- derWechselkurs exchange rate
- derAndrang rush
- dieBergung recovering; salvaging
- dieDatenschutzerklärung privacy policy; privacy statement
- dieLebensform lifeform; lifestyle
- dieGegenseite opposite side; synonym of Gegenpartei
- dasRollenspiel roleplaying game (type of game in which the players assume the role of a character)
- dasZugeständnis concessions
- derFußboden floor; flooring
- dieBesessenheit obsession; possession
- dieLanze lance, spear (weapon used mainly for thrusting); love stick, fuckpole (penis)
- dieStiefmutter stepmother
- derHandlungsbedarf need for action
- dieLawine avalanche
- dieMetapher metaphor
- derStellenwert position, status (value that depends upon position); place value
- dasLost mustard gas; clueless, confused; lost; vain
- derHellseher clairvoyant, seer
- diePutzfrau charwoman, female cleaner
- derLunch an English-style morning to midday meal in some cases, but in others only a midday meal,…
- dieAktiengesellschaft public limited company, corporation.
- derAntisemitismus anti-Semitism (hostility or prejudice against Jews)
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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.