Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 5,041–5,100
Words 5,041 to 5,100 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dieBürde burden, something carried; burden
- dieGesetzgebung legislation (act of legislating)
- derFetzen scrap, rag (torn piece of fabric or paper); rags (tattered clothing)
- derKapitalmarkt capital market (the part of a financial system concerned with raising capital by dealing…
- derKrüger innkeeper
- derLiberaler Liberal (male or of unspecified gender)
- dieVorgeschichte past history; background
- derNinja ninja
- derVerleger publisher; capitalist, entrepreneur, trader, anyone who invests assets for the expenses…
- dieVerteidigungsministerin A female minister of defence.
- derVorrang precedence; priority
- dieSäge saw
- dasAtomkraftwerk nuclear power plant
- derGeneralbundesanwalt Public Prosecutor General (at the federal court of justice)
- dasRechenzentrum data center
- derTodesfall death; event of death
- diePeriode period, menstruation; period (length of time with start and end point)
- dieGehirnwäsche brain-washing
- derStalker stalker (a person who engages in stalking)
- dieErdnussbutter peanut butter
- dieAnnexion annexation
- dieUmverteilung redistribution
- dieOstküste eastern coast (any coast to the East of a country or region); East Coast (the eastern…
- derScheich sheik
- derGebieter arbiter, commander, ruler, master, lord
- dieSoda soda; soda water
- derBeton concrete
- dieSabotage sabotage
- dasGeburtstagsgeschenk birthday present (a present given to someone to celebrate their birthday)
- derRotwein red wine (red-coloured wine made mostly from black grapes, including the skin)
- dieMillionenhöhe million(s)
- dasModul module
- derRiesenslalom giant slalom
- derTrab trot (horse gait)
- dasGatt eyelet; hole for a rope or hook
- Gunsten only used in zu Gunsten
- derSchenkel each of the two main parts of a leg; shank (lower part) or thigh (upper part); each of…
- derHerzanfall heart attack
- dieWirbelsäule vertebral column, backbone, spine
- derFlyer flyer (leaflet); flyer (part of a spinning machine)
- dasGelübde oath; vow (solemn promise to act in a specified manner)
- dieÜberlegenheit superiority
- derBundeswirtschaftsminister federal minister of the economy
- dasKorn kernel; single grain; cereal; corn; grain (type of plant and its fruit)
- derHotspot hot spot; a place in which devices connect to Wi-Fi
- dasIndiz circumstantial evidence, indication, clue
- dieFülle fullness, fill; plentifulness, abundance
- derKontrast contrast
- derWalzer waltz
- dieFürsorge care, solicitude; welfare
- dasMaximum maximum
- dieInspektion inspection, supervision, servicing; a unit at a military school equivalent to a company
- derSpott mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn
- dasAmulett amulet
- derAuftrieb lift (lifting force); buoyancy
- derSchweinehund the working dog of a swine-herd; bastard
- dieAutomobilindustrie automotive industry, automobile industry
- derWachs wax; cere
- derEinschnitt incision; cut, financial cut, cutback
- dasElfmeterschießen penalty shootout
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.