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
- dieFährte trail; track
- derBarbar barbarian
- dasKunstwerk artwork, work of art, piece of art
- derNiedergang demise, downfall, decline, comedown; companionway
- derBodyguard bodyguard
- derRechtspopulist right-wing populist (male or of unspecified gender)
- derKamm comb; crest (of various animals), comb (of rooster)
- derRückkehrer returnee
- dieVerwandlung metamorphosis; transformation
- derStartup startup, start-up (a newly established business, especially one that is innovative and…
- derPelz fur; fur, animal's pelt
- derRegenbogen rainbow
- derAirport airport
- dieKippe stub, butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette); cigarette
- derPate godfather
- derHandball handball (Olympic team sport); handball (the ball used in this sport)
- derSolothurner a native or inhabitant of Solothurn; of Solothurn
- derTenor tenor; general content, tone and disposition expressed in one or more statements; tenor
- dasSkript script, notes, transcript (a writing or written document, particularly of a topic dealt…
- dieSimulation simulation
- derStrahl beam, ray (e.g. of light); jet (e.g. of water or ink)
- derGeldbeutel wallet, purse
- derGlücksbringer lucky charm, talisman, amulet
- dasArbeitsmarktservice job center
- dieViper viper (venomous snake)
- derBrocken piece (part of a larger whole); a mountain in the Harz mountain range, Germany
- derPisser agent noun of pissen; the penis
- derKonferenzraum meeting room
- dieEinbindung integration, inclusion
- dieExekutive executive branch
- derGletscher glacier
- dieUnverschämtheit cheekiness, impudence, impertinence, insolence
- dieKripo syllabic abbreviation of Kriminalpolizei
- dasKüken chick (young bird), fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove)); the youngest in…
- dieJacht yacht
- derKutscher coachman (male or of unspecified gender)
- derLagerraum storage room
- derParasit parasite
- derErnstfall emergency
- derSpieß a pointed rod, especially; spit
- dasGewässer body of water, water body, water (significant accumulation of water covering the Earth)
- dasStammlager main or central camp; the administrative center of a complex of camps and/or places of…
- dieKnete plasticine, modeling clay; money
- dieLesung reading (incl. poetry, prose, legislative, and liturgical); reading, lection, lesson
- dieMittelschicht middle class; middle shift
- derProband subject, experimentee; proband
- derAufseher A supervisor, person overseeing (the work of) others, taskmaster, foreman, warden,…
- dasJugendamt youth welfare agency
- dieHorde horde; troop of monkeys
- dieÜberzahl majority, superior number(s)
- derAnhieb first time; yank of the fishing rod (to get the hook in the fish's mouth)
- derDoppelgänger doppelganger, doppelgänger (a remarkably similar double)
- dasTreff clubs; meeting point
- derGegenwind headwind
- dasKinderzimmer child's room, children's room, nursery
- dasHockey hockey (family of sports); field hockey
- dasGesindel riffraff, lower class
- derKleinwagen a small car
- dieMisere misery
- dieRhetorik rhetoric
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.