Vocabulary · Nouns

German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 5,161–5,220

Words 5,161 to 5,220 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.

9,109 entries
269 at A1
407 at A2
858 at B1
  1. dieFährte trail; track noun pl. Fährten C1
  2. derBarbar barbarian noun pl. Barbaren C1
  3. dasKunstwerk artwork, work of art, piece of art noun pl. Kunstwerke C1
  4. derNiedergang demise, downfall, decline, comedown; companionway noun pl. Niedergänge C1
  5. derBodyguard bodyguard noun pl. Bodyguards C1
  6. derRechtspopulist right-wing populist (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Rechtspopulisten C1
  7. derKamm comb; crest (of various animals), comb (of rooster) noun pl. Kämme C1
  8. derRückkehrer returnee noun C1
  9. dieVerwandlung metamorphosis; transformation noun pl. Verwandlungen C1
  10. derStartup startup, start-up (a newly established business, especially one that is innovative and… noun pl. Startups C1
  11. derPelz fur; fur, animal's pelt noun pl. Pelze C1
  12. derRegenbogen rainbow noun C1
  13. derAirport airport noun pl. Airports C1
  14. dieKippe stub, butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette); cigarette noun pl. Kippen C1
  15. derPate godfather noun pl. Paten C1
  16. derHandball handball (Olympic team sport); handball (the ball used in this sport) noun pl. Handbälle C1
  17. derSolothurner a native or inhabitant of Solothurn; of Solothurn noun C1
  18. derTenor tenor; general content, tone and disposition expressed in one or more statements; tenor noun pl. Tenöre C1
  19. dasSkript script, notes, transcript (a writing or written document, particularly of a topic dealt… noun pl. Skripte C1
  20. dieSimulation simulation noun pl. Simulationen C1
  21. derStrahl beam, ray (e.g. of light); jet (e.g. of water or ink) noun pl. Strahlen C1
  22. derGeldbeutel wallet, purse noun C1
  23. derGlücksbringer lucky charm, talisman, amulet noun C1
  24. dasArbeitsmarktservice job center noun C1
  25. dieViper viper (venomous snake) noun pl. Vipern C1
  26. derBrocken piece (part of a larger whole); a mountain in the Harz mountain range, Germany noun C1
  27. derPisser agent noun of pissen; the penis noun C1
  28. derKonferenzraum meeting room noun pl. Konferenzräume C1
  29. dieEinbindung integration, inclusion noun pl. Einbindungen C1
  30. dieExekutive executive branch noun pl. Exekutiven C1
  31. derGletscher glacier noun C1
  32. dieUnverschämtheit cheekiness, impudence, impertinence, insolence noun pl. Unverschämtheiten C1
  33. dieKripo syllabic abbreviation of Kriminalpolizei noun pl. Kripos C1
  34. dasKüken chick (young bird), fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove)); the youngest in… noun C1
  35. dieJacht yacht noun pl. Jachten C1
  36. derKutscher coachman (male or of unspecified gender) noun C1
  37. derLagerraum storage room noun pl. Lagerräume C1
  38. derParasit parasite noun pl. Parasiten C1
  39. derErnstfall emergency noun pl. Ernstfälle C1
  40. derSpieß a pointed rod, especially; spit noun pl. Spieße C1
  41. dasGewässer body of water, water body, water (significant accumulation of water covering the Earth) noun C1
  42. dasStammlager main or central camp; the administrative center of a complex of camps and/or places of… noun C1
  43. dieKnete plasticine, modeling clay; money noun C1
  44. dieLesung reading (incl. poetry, prose, legislative, and liturgical); reading, lection, lesson noun pl. Lesungen C1
  45. dieMittelschicht middle class; middle shift noun pl. Mittelschichten C1
  46. derProband subject, experimentee; proband noun pl. Probanden C1
  47. derAufseher A supervisor, person overseeing (the work of) others, taskmaster, foreman, warden,… noun C1
  48. dasJugendamt youth welfare agency noun pl. Jugendämter C1
  49. dieHorde horde; troop of monkeys noun pl. Horden C1
  50. dieÜberzahl majority, superior number(s) noun C1
  51. derAnhieb first time; yank of the fishing rod (to get the hook in the fish's mouth) noun pl. Anhiebe C1
  52. derDoppelgänger doppelganger, doppelgänger (a remarkably similar double) noun C1
  53. dasTreff clubs; meeting point noun pl. Treffs C1
  54. derGegenwind headwind noun pl. Gegenwinde C1
  55. dasKinderzimmer child's room, children's room, nursery noun C1
  56. dasHockey hockey (family of sports); field hockey noun C1
  57. dasGesindel riffraff, lower class noun C1
  58. derKleinwagen a small car noun C1
  59. dieMisere misery noun pl. Miseren C1
  60. dieRhetorik rhetoric noun pl. Rhetoriken C1

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.

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