The 10,000 most common German words
Words 8,401 to 8,500 of 10,000, most common first, with meaning, example and audio.
vormals
formerly
das Votum
vote
widerlegen
to disprove, to refute
wohingegen
whereas
anfertigen
to make; to produce; to craft
mild
mild (in all of its common senses)
ausgebucht
fully booked
stressig
stressful
rausgehen
to go out
einmischen
to interfere, to intervene
der Azubi
apprentice, trainee
mündlich
oral, spoken
ungefährlich
benign, harmless, safe, innocuous
abwenden
to turn away; avert
bedrohlich
threatening
auszahlen
to pay out (money in general; salary, sum, balance, dividend, interest, etc.)
ungewiss
uncertain
hohl
hollow
die Emotion
emotion
notieren
to note, to note down, to write down, to jot down
sich weigern
to refuse
verprügeln
to beat up (someone)
das Konzil
church council, synod (congress of bishops called to decide bindingly on important issues)
der Krämer
shopkeeper (person who sells miscellaneous inexpensive goods)
servus
goodbye, bye, farewell
unterirdisch
underground, subterranean
das Uran
uranium
die Arbeitsstelle
job, position
die Postkarte
postcard
die Glatze
baldness, bald head
die Titte
tit; boob (vulgar)
der Sprit
petrol, gas (gasoline)
die Anschrift
an address
die Migräne
migraine
der Pfennig
penny
der Schall
sound
die Lebensversicherung
life insurance, life assurance
der Bauarbeiter
construction worker, building worker, builder (male or of unspecified gender)
der Buddhismus
Buddhism
der Patriot
patriot
der Schulhof
schoolyard
der Wal
whale
der Überfluss
abundance, profusion
das Asthma
asthma
die Vanille
vanilla
die Adoption
adoption (voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child)
das Gebüsch
brush (vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees)
der Nobelpreis
Nobel Prize
das Skelett
skeleton
öde
empty, bare, barren, bleak, desolate, deserted
die Akustik
acoustic, acoustics
der Alleingang
solo action / effort
fälschlicherweise
wrongly, erroneously
die Konversation
conversation (talking, especially small talk)
solide
solid, sound, reliable
der Kran
crane (a lifting device)
der Schutt
rubbish, rubble
die Seilbahn
cable car, aerial tramway, gondola lift, ropeway conveyor
wischen
to wipe
das Fünftel
a fifth; one fifth (fraction)
das Honorar
fee (for professional services), honorarium
die Kapitulation
surrender; capitulation
der Kasper
clown, goofball (a silly person)
der Nachruf
obituary; epitaph (text written about a deceased person)
nebenher
in addition, alongside, on the side
das Plateau
plateau
der Rohstoff
raw material
der Schuldner
debtor (a person or firm that owes money)
die Transaktion
transaction
vertiefen
to deepen
der Buchs
boxwood, box tree
der Biergarten
beer garden
formell
formal (official)
die Sozialversicherung
social insurance, social security
verlinken
to link
der Abnehmer
consumer, buyer (of male or unspecified sex)
die Abtei
abbey
amerikanisch
American
die Analogie
analogy (similar example as explanation)
die Bauart
design, layout (type of construction)
die Bekanntgabe
announcement, notification, publication
das Ehrenamt
volunteer work
eingespielt
operating well together
die Entfaltung
unfolding, development
der Extremismus
extremism
der Fachkräftemangel
skills shortage
der Feldzug
campaign
der Gegenspieler
opponent
die Heiligkeit
holiness, sanctity
der Hengst
stallion (male horse)
die Himmelfahrt
ascension
idealerweise
ideally
die Implementierung
implementation
der Intendant
director (artistic director), manager (male or of unspecified gender)
der Keeper
keeper, goalkeeper
der Krupp
croup (infectious illness of the larynx)
der Kurfürst
prince-elector (member of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire)
das Lab
rennet
lateinisch
Latin (of or pertaining to the Latin language)
magisch
magical
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