Vocabulary · Nouns

German Nouns List — A1 to C2 — Words 5,041–5,100

Continuing the list — words 5,041 to 5,100 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. dasKraftfeld force field noun pl. Kraftfelder C2
  2. derHalo halo (circular band of coloured light, visible around the Sun or Moon etc., caused by… noun pl. Halos C2
  3. dieNiete blank, dud (lottery ticket that does not give a payout); loser; good-for-nothing noun pl. Nieten C2
  4. derHofer a native or inhabitant of Hof (placename); of Hof noun C2
  5. dieMorgenstunde morning hour noun pl. Morgenstunden C2
  6. dieErika heath (genus Erica).; a female given name from the North Germanic languages, masculine… noun C2
  7. derStromausfall blackout, power failure noun pl. Stromausfälle C2
  8. dieZielscheibe target; whipping boy, punching bag noun pl. Zielscheiben C2
  9. derPortier doorman, porter noun pl. Portiers C2
  10. derBetriebsrat works council; works councillor (member of a works council) noun pl. Betriebsräte C2
  11. dieKonstellation constellation noun pl. Konstellationen C2
  12. derZoom zoom, augmentation of a view as with a camera lens noun C2
  13. dieSuchmaschine search engine noun pl. Suchmaschinen C2
  14. dieTochtergesellschaft subsidiary (company); affiliate noun pl. Tochtergesellschaften C2
  15. dasGlücksspiel game of chance; gamble, gambling noun pl. Glücksspiele C2
  16. dieViertelstunde quarter of an hour noun pl. Viertelstunden C2
  17. dieGeburtstagsparty birthday party noun pl. Geburtstagspartys C2
  18. derJoker joker (card that substitutes any other card); lifeline (help that a player can use in a… noun C2
  19. derTorpedo torpedo (weapon); torpedo (fish) noun pl. Torpedos C2
  20. derEuropameister European champion noun C2
  21. dasRouge rouge noun pl. Rouges C2
  22. dieHypnose hypnosis noun pl. Hypnosen C2
  23. dasGleiches nominalization of gleich: something equal (to something else) noun pl. Gleiche C2
  24. derHauptdarsteller main actor noun C2
  25. dasMurmeln murmur; mutter noun C2
  26. derKommentator commentator noun pl. Kommentatoren C2
  27. dieErdnuss peanut, goober (Arachis hypogaea plant and produce); tiger nut, chufa (Cyperus… noun pl. Erdnüsse C2
  28. dieSpritztour joyride noun pl. Spritztouren C2
  29. derKopfgeldjäger bounty hunter (male or of unspecified gender) (person who catches criminals) noun C2
  30. derPsychologe psychologist (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Psychologen C2
  31. derSelbstmordattentäter suicide attacker; suicide bomber noun C2
  32. dasChicken chicken (meat) noun C2
  33. derVerfall decay, deterioration, decline; decadence noun pl. Verfälle C2
  34. dieGlatze baldness, bald head; skinhead noun pl. Glatzen C2
  35. derWeltrekord World record noun pl. Weltrekorde C2
  36. dieMigräne migraine noun pl. Migränen C2
  37. dasDouble stand-in, double (actor who shoots certain scenes for another); lookalike, double… noun pl. Doubles C2
  38. dieAmnesie amnesia noun pl. Amnesien C2
  39. dasJustizministerium justice ministry noun pl. Justizministerien C2
  40. derKieler Kieler (native or inhabitant of the city of Kiel, capital of Schleswig-Holstein,… noun C2
  41. dasTelefonbuch telephone directory, phone book noun pl. Telefonbücher C2
  42. dieVorführung demonstration, presentation, showing, performance noun pl. Vorführungen C2
  43. diePopularität popularity noun C2
  44. dieProfitabilität profitability noun pl. Profitabilitäten C2
  45. dieHexerei witchcraft; sorcery noun pl. Hexereien C2
  46. derSündenbock scapegoat (goat imbued with the sins of the people); scapegoat (someone punished for… noun pl. Sündenböcke C2
  47. dasUmsatzwachstum revenue growth, sales growth (an increase in the total amount of money received by a… noun pl. Umsatzwachsten C2
  48. dieAugenbraue eyebrow noun pl. Augenbrauen C2
  49. dasUnterbewusstsein subconscious mind noun C2
  50. dieAbkehr rejection; renunciation noun C2
  51. dieSehne sinew; chord, a straight line between two points of a curve noun pl. Sehnen C2
  52. derSchilling schilling (Austrian pre-Euro currency); shilling noun C2
  53. dieFantasy fantasy (genre) noun C2
  54. derKürbis pumpkin, gourd, squash (any plant of the genus Cucurbita or its fruit) noun pl. Kürbisse C2
  55. dieKröte toad; brazen kid noun pl. Kröten C2
  56. dieGrausamkeit cruelty; savageness noun pl. Grausamkeiten C2
  57. dieKalorie kilocalorie; calorie noun pl. Kalorien C2
  58. dieKonfiguration configuration noun pl. Konfigurationen C2
  59. dieNeuregelung revision (of regulations) noun pl. Neuregelungen C2
  60. dasKalb calf (young cow) noun pl. Kälber C2

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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