Vocabulary · Nouns
German Nouns List, A1 to C2, Words 5,461–5,520
Words 5,461 to 5,520 of 9,109, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
9,109
entries
269
at A1
407
at A2
858
at B1
- derPanther panther, black panther (a leopard or other big cat with black fur); a big cat of the…
- dieSchraube screw; most iconically, a screw in the sense of a fluted fastener
- derJunggeselle bachelor (unmarried man); journeyman (Prior to the 16 century, a person who has…
- dieBenutzeroberfläche graphical user interface
- dasDoppel doubles; duplicate
- derExtremismus extremism
- dasHalsband a band of fabric, leather, or solid material worn around the neck: a collar, necklet,…
- dieGleichstellung equalization (the act of declaring or changing things to be equal in some respect;…
- dieStrömung current, stream, flux, flow; movement (in politics, ideas, the arts, etc.)
- dasBeweismittel piece of evidence
- derHanseat a Hanseatic merchant; a native or inhabitant of a Hanseatic city
- dieKinderbetreuung childcare
- derBien bee colony superorganism
- derPfennig pfennig; penny
- derEinfall idea; invasion, inroad
- dasKrähen crow; to crow
- derSaudi Saudi (person from Saudi-Arabia)
- derWanderer hiker, wayfarer (one who travels on foot)
- dasGefäß vessel; container, jar, pot
- derHerzstillstand cardiac arrest
- diePublicity publicity
- dieReinheit purity
- derTornado tornado
- derStör sturgeon (fish); Stör (a river in northern Germany)
- dieDemütigung humiliation
- dieKapuze a hood (head-covering part of clothing)
- dieStichwahl runoff vote, second ballot
- dasGewand sumptuous garment; any kind of garment
- derVorbehalt caveat
- dasUngeziefer vermin; pests; restricted to small animals, usually insects or spiders, sometimes also…
- dieFamily family
- dieÜberschwemmung flooding; flood; overflow of a body of water
- dieBestmarke record
- derProviant provisions
- dasFerkel piglet; a young/immature pig; a dirty or contemptible person
- dasKlischee cliché; printing plate, stereotype
- derDarmstädter A native or inhabitant of Darmstadt
- dasOrakel oracle
- dieDemenz dementia
- derDrahtzieher string puller, puppet master, mastermind, svengali
- dasFracking fracking
- dieEitelkeit vanity
- dasMerkmal feature, characteristic, attribute (important or main item)
- dieAusgangssperre curfew; lockdown
- dieNominierung nomination
- dieSchiene a staff on which something moves; rail
- dieVersetzung transfer; redeployment
- dieZündung ignition
- dieTorchance goal opportunity
- derJahrmarkt fair, funfair
- dasAquarium aquarium (tank for keeping fish); aquarium (public place where live fish are exhibited)
- derWasserfall waterfall
- dieBeschränkung restriction
- derStrohsack sack of straw (also to sleep on)
- derBademantel bathrobe (US), dressing gown (UK)
- dasEntwicklungsland developing country
- derTrupp a troop
- dasSchießpulver gunpowder
- derGolem golem (creature from clay)
- derKurswechsel policy shift
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.