Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 4,921–4,980
Continuing the list — words 4,921 to 4,980 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.
- 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
- dieZivilgesellschaft civil society
- dasKomma comma (,)
- dieFreundlichkeit kindness, friendliness (the state of being kind); kindness (an act of kindness)
- derKonsul consul (official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests…
- derBomber bomber (aircraft designed to drop bombs)
- dieBeschleunigung acceleration
- dieProstitution prostitution
- dieEuropameisterschaft European championship; Euros
- derFlugplatz airfield (place where airplanes can take off and land); airport
- dieGeneralversammlung general meeting / assembly
- dieGlobalisierung globalisation
- derLachs salmon, lox; loin, backstrap, longissimus dorsi (core muscle, long back extensor muscle)…
- dieAnomalie anomaly
- dieSondersitzung special session; extraordinary meeting
- derStadtwerke city utility companies
- dieZufriedenheit contentment, satisfaction
- dasBundeskanzleramt chancellery, especially:; the Chancellery of Germany
- dasBetreuungsgeld a form of child care subsidy
- derBruchteil part, fraction (share of an overall set or value); fraction (comparatively small share)
- derStrick fairly short rope or cord, usually for binding something; the rope used in hanging…
- dieDevise motto; foreign currency
- derDienstagnachmittag Tuesday afternoon
- dieFunktionalität functionality
- dieKotze puke, vomit; coarse woolen blanket, woolen cape
- derPressesprecher press officer / press secretary
- dieSchöpfung creation
- dieUnze ounce
- derSoul soul music, soul
- dieVerleihung awarding, conference, conferral, bestowing (of an award, honor, etc); lending (of…
- dasKarate karate
- derEklat a stir, scandal, disturbing incident or scene, especially a dispute, quarrel
- dasFemininum feminine, feminine gender; a feminine, a word with feminine gender (usually a noun,…
- dieNetzneutralität network neutrality
- derSerbe A (male) person of Serb descent.
- dieBücherei library
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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