Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 4,801–4,860
Words 4,801 to 4,860 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- diePublikation publication
- dieZeitmaschine time machine
- derSprit petrol, gas (gasoline); brandy, spirits, or (loosely) booze, any alcoholic drink
- dieInitiale initial
- derAusgangspunkt origin, basis; starting point
- derBrandanschlag arson attack
- dasGeschöpf creature
- derKurznachrichtendienst short message service
- derBrenner burner; distiller
- derReaktor reactor (container for nuclear, chemical or biological processes)
- dasAbzeichen badge (distinctive mark)
- dieVorlesung lecture
- derDurchmesser diameter
- dasErdöl oil, petroleum
- derEssener A native or inhabitant of Essen
- dieAmerikanerin American (female), a girl or woman from the Americas (the American continent); American…
- dasTrinkwasser drinking water
- derVorsitz chair, chairmanship
- dasEingeweide guts, internal organs, entrails
- derDevisenmarkt foreign exchange market, forex market, FX market (a global decentralized or…
- dieFotografie photography (the art of making photographs); photograph
- dieHomosexualität homosexuality
- dasRen reindeer; kidney
- dasStadtgebiet municipal area, city area
- derWhirlpool jacuzzi (kind of hot tub)
- dieAtmung respiration, breathing
- dieWahlbeteiligung voter turnout
- derDoppelpack a packet (e.g. of a food item) containing two; two goals scored by the same player in…
- dieGenesung recovery
- derAuftraggeber principal; employer
- dieFertigung assembly, manufacture, production
- derHooligan hooligan
- derMakler broker, agent, middleman, negotiator; realtor, real estate agent, estate agent
- derMaßstab measuring rod, yardstick, rule; scale (of a map, model)
- diePumpe pump; heart
- dasLogbuch logbook
- dieQuellenangabe reference (a source for writing an academic document)
- dieSchlichtung mediation
- dieEinbildung illusion, imagination; conceit (“overly high self-esteem”)
- dasArzneimittel medicine; drug (healing substance)
- dieFledermaus microbat; bat (flying mammal)
- dieKralle claw, talon; wheel clamp
- dasKriegsverbrechen war crime
- dieNeuheit novelty; newness; innovation; new product
- dieAlliierte female ally
- derSander sandur (outwash plain); a surname
- derWohnort place of residence
- derOrangensaft orange juice
- dasExil exile (the state of being banished from one's home or country)
- dieErdbeere strawberry
- dieGroßzügigkeit generosity
- dasFinanzamt tax office, tax authority, revenue office, finance authority
- derGottesdienst worship (religious ceremony); divine service, church service, religious service
- derZwilling twin (male or female; the feminine form Zwillingin is rare); twin (used as a component…
- derLuzerner a native or inhabitant of Lucerne; of Lucerne
- dieTrophäe trophy; tropæum
- derWisch wisp (bundle of straw); sheet of paper, usually an official document or form
- dieNormalität normality, normalcy
- dieKaiserin empress (wife or widow of an emperor)
- dieTherapeutin female therapist
Common questions
How many German nouns should I know?
This list holds 9,109 nouns graded A1 to C2. 676 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.