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German vocabulary
1,003 words worth knowing, sorted by level. All 368 nouns come with their article and plural, and every word carries an example sentence — so you learn the gender and the usage together, not just the translation.
Umlauts optional — fruhstuck, fruehstueck and Frühstück all find the same word.
A1 German vocabulary
440 words →Your first German: greetings, numbers, family, food and the verbs you need to build a sentence.
der Abenddas Eidas Handydas Lichtder Reistief…
A2 German vocabulary
262 words →Everyday life — appointments, shopping, health, and the separable verbs that make you sound natural.
abbrechenbeschließenfehlenklardie Pauseunterwegs…
B1 German vocabulary
154 words →Opinions and explanations: the vocabulary for saying why, comparing, and telling a longer story.
abhängenbelastenentwickelngesamtnutzendie Ursache…
B2 German vocabulary
82 words →Discussion and nuance — the abstract nouns and precise verbs that arguments are built from.
abgesehenausgehenbestehenfundiertkritisierenumfassend…
C1 German vocabulary
65 words →Register and precision: the words that let you qualify, concede and reason like a native writer.
abstrahierenbeschwichtigenentkräftenhinterfragender Sachverhaltunbestritten…
Gender is colour-coded on every list: der · die · das.
Not sure which level you're at?
Start at A1 — if most of it is familiar, move up a shelf. The levels follow the CEFR scale, the same one used by German courses and exams.
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