Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 5,341–5,400
Words 5,341 to 5,400 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- dasWaschbecken sink; basin (especially bathroom, also general)
- dieBedrängnis hardship, distress
- dieGeldwäsche money laundering
- dieHaube bonnet, cap; cover, hood
- dieKürzung reduction; shortening
- derMarktwert market value
- derMatchwinner matchwinner
- dasOlympiastadion Olympic stadium
- dieEskorte escort (group of people providing protection); motorcade
- derTab tab; tab (tablet)
- derNippel nipple; stud, protrusion
- derBalken beam, crossbeam; bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder,…
- dasUnterfangen undertaking, endeavour; to undertake (usually a difficult task)
- derCheerleader cheerleader
- derVermögensverwalter asset manager, fund manager, trust manager; custodian
- derVizemeister runner-up, second-place champion
- derAcker field (wide, open space used to grow crops)
- derTakt tact (keen perception or discernment); time
- dieWiedergutmachung amends, compensation, remediation, reparation
- diePasta Italian-style pasta
- derKalkül calculus (formal system); calculations, strategy, stratagem
- dieSonnenfinsternis solar eclipse
- dieHebamme midwife (accoucheuse)
- dieTagung meeting, conference / convention
- derTau dew; strong rope
- derSchwarzmarkt black market
- derTiefpunkt bottom, lowest point, low point, low, trough, nadir
- derUSB-Stick flash drive, thumb drive, USB drive, memory stick, pen drive
- dieUnzufriedenheit discontent, dissatisfaction, unhappiness
- derInder Indian (person from India); Indian restaurant
- dieLegion legion
- dieÖffnungszeit opening hours
- derAbwärtstrend downtrend, downward trend (a sustained period of declining prices); downward trend,…
- derHerausgeber editor; publisher
- dasRampenlicht limelight, stage lighting; in the spotlight, highlighted, the focus of attention
- dasFitnessstudio fitness centre; health club; gym (large, usually commercial, sporting facility for…
- derFreiraum space, leeway, open space
- derSpielplan program; repertoire; match schedule
- dieSpionage espionage
- dasMahl meal, repast; a public assembly or council, especially for judicial purposes
- dasVorzeichen omen, presage; early symptom, early sign
- dasKrokodil crocodile
- derTurbo boost (stark improvement in the performance of some device, process or activity); A…
- dieSelbstverteidigung self-defense, self-defence
- derErreger pathogen, agent, germ
- derGerber tanner
- diePipi pee (urine)
- dieSitte custom, tradition, common practice, rite; a normative standard of society; polite and…
- dieNiederlassung settlement; branch
- diePersonalie personal information
- derReißverschluss zipper
- dieSelbstverständlichkeit naturalness, obviousness; matter of course
- derKameramann cameraman
- derRekrut recruit; a soldier of the lowest rank in the Swiss and Austrian armed forces, similar to…
- dasUltimatum ultimatum
- dasGlied external body part; limb, joint
- dasVollgas full throttle
- dasWahlergebnis election result
- derWels wels catfish (Silurus glanis); catfish, any fish of the order Siluriformes
- dieLungenentzündung pneumonia
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.