All C2 German words
Words 5,101 to 5,200 of 5,925, most common first, with meaning, example and audio.
unlogisch
illogical
instinktiv
instinctive
ausrasten
to freak out
das Fastfood
fast food
überfordern
to demand or ask more of someone or something than is within her/his/its capabilities, to overexert, overwhelm, overload
rausschmeißen
to kick out
die Abstraktion
abstraction
die Aneignung
acquisition
die Anfertigung
making; creation; production
die Anästhesie
anesthesia
das Asylverfahren
asylum procedure, asylum process
der Atheismus
atheism
die Baukunst
architecture
die Belebung
increase
die Belehrung
instruction
die Betroffenheit
consternation, dismay, shock
die Dunkelziffer
dark figure (estimated number of unreported cases)
der Einsatzort
site (of a factory etc)
die Empfindlichkeit
sensitivity, sensibility
fancy
fancy (decorative, not everyday, high-end)
der Feldmarschall
field marshal (military officer of the highest rank)
das Forschungszentrum
research centre
der Freihandel
free trade
der Freimaurer
Freemason
das Gegengewicht
counterbalance
die Geselligkeit
conviviality, sociability
das Gästehaus
guesthouse
die Interessenvertretung
representation of interests, lobby
das Intervall
interval (distance in time)
der Ketzer
heretic (male or of unspecified gender)
das Konsortium
consortium
das Kultusministerium
in a German federal state, ministry of education and the arts
die Lehrkraft
professional teacher (at any level from primary school to university)
die Leistungssteigerung
performance enhancement
das Makro
macro
mittelbar
indirect, mediate
die Mittellinie
a line through the middle or centre of something; midline; centreline
modernisieren
to modernize
die Nacktheit
nudity
der Oberleutnant
first lieutenant
die Ouvertüre
overture
die Posse
farce, burlesque
die Publizistik
media studies
der Sattler
saddler, saddlemaker: a craftsperson who makes saddles and other leather goods, typically of larger size
das Schlusslicht
tail-light, taillamp
die Sinnlichkeit
sensuality
die Spezifikation
specification
die Steinkohle
glance coal
der Steuermann
helmsman (he who is responsible for steering a ship)
tschechisch
Czech
unumstritten
uncontroversial
die Verdichtung
compression, compaction, consolidation, packing
vorrücken
to proceed
die Vorstufe
precursor
wühlen
to rummage, to grub
der Zehner
ten (the number, or something having a value of ten)
der Zugführer
leading conductor (on a train)
zunutze
For the purpose or benefit (of)
das Ärgernis
nuisance, annoyance
die Übergangszeit
interim period, transition era
unzuverlässig
unreliable
geizig
ungenerous; stingy; cheap (greedy to keep one’s own for oneself; unwilling to share)
diplomatisch
diplomatic
tüchtig
able, competent, hard-working (of a worker, etc.)
das Rendezvous
romantic date; rendezvous
missachten
to ignore (deliberately pay no attention to), disregard (orders, instructions, advice etc.)
ergründen
to fathom, get to the bottom of
unvorbereitet
unprepared
das Überbleibsel
remnant, relic, relict
vermindern
to reduce, decrease, shrink, diminish
die Arbeitsteilung
labor division
die Arztpraxis
doctor's office
auffindbar
traceable, findable, discoverable
die Blamage
public disgrace; loss of face (but usually milder)
das Bollwerk
bulwark, rampart, stronghold, fortress, bastion
der Dienstwagen
official car, company car
der Doppelgänger
doppelganger, doppelgänger (a remarkably similar double)
der Energieträger
energy carrier
episch
epic
die Erbin
heiress
erkämpfen
to gain through struggle
das Erwachsenenalter
adulthood, adult age
der Erzengel
archangel
die Fehde
feud
die Fröhlichkeit
joy, glee
das Gespann
team (of yoked animals)
das Gestell
frame, chassis
die Gestik
gestures (as a motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech)
glätten
to smooth
der Handlanger
a handyman
das Herkunftsland
country of origin
der Hochsommer
midsummer, height of the summer (the hottest period of the year, in central Europe typically July and August)
der Innensenator
minister of the interior (in the senate)
die Kirchensteuer
church tax
konvertieren
to convert (in economic and technological contexts)
krampfhaft
convulsive, spasmodic
das Liebesleben
love life, sex life
die Lüftung
ventilation
die Mordkommission
homicide division, homicide squad
neuerlich
further
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