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.

  1. derEhering wedding band, wedding ring noun pl. Eheringe C1
  2. dieEingabe input, entry, keying, submission, entering (e.g., entering of data); petition,… noun pl. Eingaben C1
  3. dasHeu hay; plentiful money noun C1
  4. derSchwarm swarm of insects; flock of birds; school of fish; crush; beloved; object of one’s… noun pl. Schwärme C1
  5. diePlatzierung placement (act of placing or putting in place) noun pl. Platzierungen C1
  6. dieEule owl; a moth of the family Noctuidae noun pl. Eulen C1
  7. dieTrendwende turnaround (in the economy) noun pl. Trendwenden C1
  8. derTritt step; kick noun pl. Tritte C1
  9. dieErwägung consideration noun pl. Erwägungen C1
  10. dieGunst favor noun C1
  11. derBann jurisdiction; ban, proscription noun pl. Banne C1
  12. dasLeichenschauhaus morgue, mortuary noun pl. Leichenschauhäuser C1
  13. dieLordschaft Lordship (title of a lord) noun pl. Lordschaften C1
  14. dieAbwicklung handling, processing, implementation; transaction noun pl. Abwicklungen C1
  15. dasFundament foundation; base noun pl. Fundamente C1
  16. derGesundheitszustand health; state of health noun pl. Gesundheitszustände C1
  17. derISIS ISIS; a former name of Islamischer Staat or IS; Isis noun C1
  18. derSichtkontakt visual contact, intervisibility noun pl. Sichtkontakte C1
  19. derGehorsam obedience; obedient noun C1
  20. Mehrkosten cost overrun noun C1
  21. dasQuartett quartet (music composition in four parts); quartet (group of four musicians) noun pl. Quartette C1
  22. dieSportart sport, type of sport noun pl. Sportarten C1
  23. dieKobra cobra (venomous snake, especially of the genus Naja) noun pl. Kobras C1
  24. dieMuschel bivalve; seashell (marine mollusk with a shell, or the shell itself); mussel noun pl. Muscheln C1
  25. dieCausa case (a dispute or controversy, often of a legal nature, especially one of public… noun pl. Causae C1
  26. diePublikation publication noun pl. Publikationen C1
  27. dieZeitmaschine time machine noun pl. Zeitmaschinen C1
  28. derSprit petrol, gas (gasoline); brandy, spirits, or (loosely) booze, any alcoholic drink noun C1
  29. dieInitiale initial noun pl. Initialen C1
  30. derAusgangspunkt origin, basis; starting point noun pl. Ausgangspunkte C1
  31. derBrandanschlag arson attack noun pl. Brandanschläge C1
  32. dasGeschöpf creature noun pl. Geschöpfe C1
  33. derKurznachrichtendienst short message service noun pl. Kurznachrichtendienste C1
  34. derBrenner burner; distiller noun C1
  35. derReaktor reactor (container for nuclear, chemical or biological processes) noun pl. Reaktoren C1
  36. dasAbzeichen badge (distinctive mark) noun C1
  37. dieVorlesung lecture noun pl. Vorlesungen C1
  38. derDurchmesser diameter noun C1
  39. dasErdöl oil, petroleum noun pl. Erdöle C1
  40. derEssener A native or inhabitant of Essen noun C1
  41. dieAmerikanerin American (female), a girl or woman from the Americas (the American continent); American… noun pl. Amerikanerinnen C1
  42. dasTrinkwasser drinking water noun C1
  43. derVorsitz chair, chairmanship noun pl. Vorsitze C1
  44. dasEingeweide guts, internal organs, entrails noun C1
  45. derDevisenmarkt foreign exchange market, forex market, FX market (a global decentralized or… noun pl. Devisenmarkte C1
  46. dieFotografie photography (the art of making photographs); photograph noun pl. Fotografien C1
  47. dieHomosexualität homosexuality noun pl. Homosexualitäten C1
  48. dasRen reindeer; kidney noun pl. Rene C1
  49. dasStadtgebiet municipal area, city area noun pl. Stadtgebiete C1
  50. derWhirlpool jacuzzi (kind of hot tub) noun pl. Whirlpools C1
  51. dieAtmung respiration, breathing noun pl. Atmungen C1
  52. dieWahlbeteiligung voter turnout noun pl. Wahlbeteiligungen C1
  53. derDoppelpack a packet (e.g. of a food item) containing two; two goals scored by the same player in… noun pl. Doppelpacks C1
  54. dieGenesung recovery noun pl. Genesungen C1
  55. derAuftraggeber principal; employer noun C1
  56. dieFertigung assembly, manufacture, production noun pl. Fertigungen C1
  57. derHooligan hooligan noun pl. Hooligans C1
  58. derMakler broker, agent, middleman, negotiator; realtor, real estate agent, estate agent noun C1
  59. derMaßstab measuring rod, yardstick, rule; scale (of a map, model) noun pl. Maßstäbe C1
  60. diePumpe pump; heart noun pl. Pumpen 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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