Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 4,861–4,920
Continuing the list — words 4,861 to 4,920 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.
- derEhering wedding band, wedding ring
- dieEingabe input, entry, keying, submission, entering (e.g., entering of data); petition,…
- dasHeu hay; plentiful money
- derSchwarm swarm of insects; flock of birds; school of fish; crush; beloved; object of one’s…
- diePlatzierung placement (act of placing or putting in place)
- dieEule owl; a moth of the family Noctuidae
- dieTrendwende turnaround (in the economy)
- derTritt step; kick
- dieErwägung consideration
- dieGunst favor
- derBann jurisdiction; ban, proscription
- dasLeichenschauhaus morgue, mortuary
- dieLordschaft Lordship (title of a lord)
- dieAbwicklung handling, processing, implementation; transaction
- dasFundament foundation; base
- derGesundheitszustand health; state of health
- derISIS ISIS; a former name of Islamischer Staat or IS; Isis
- derSichtkontakt visual contact, intervisibility
- derGehorsam obedience; obedient
- Mehrkosten cost overrun
- dasQuartett quartet (music composition in four parts); quartet (group of four musicians)
- dieSportart sport, type of sport
- dieKobra cobra (venomous snake, especially of the genus Naja)
- dieMuschel bivalve; seashell (marine mollusk with a shell, or the shell itself); mussel
- dieCausa case (a dispute or controversy, often of a legal nature, especially one of public…
- 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
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.