German B2 Nature & Weather Vocabulary List
This is the complete German Nature & Weather vocabulary at B2 level — 144 words, each with its English translation, the article (der / die / das) and an example sentence. Search it, or download the whole list free as a CSV or an Anki flashcard deck.
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144 B2 · Nature & Weather words
| German word | English meaning | Heard in |
|---|---|---|
| der Abgrund | abyss / precipice / chasm | — |
| abholzen | to cut down / lumber | — |
| aufbäumen | to rear up (like a horse) | — |
| ausbrüten | to hatch / incubate | — |
| aussterben | to die out / become extinct | — |
| das Beben | quake / quiver / tremor / shaking | — |
| bedroht | threatened/endangered | — |
| die Bewässerung | irrigation | — |
| der Bimsstein | a pumice / pumice stone = a porous (having small holes) igneous rock (which solidified from lava) that forms during volcanic eruptions when gas bubbles are trapped in the rock as magma rapidly cools and solidifies | — |
| die Biodiversität | biodiversity | — |
| die Biomasse | biomass | — |
| die Bodenerosion | soil erosion | — |
| die Böschung | an embankment | — |
| brodeln | to bubble / boil / seethe | — |
| der CO₂-Ausstoß | CO2 emissions | — |
| die Degradation | degradation | — |
| die Desertifikation | desertification | — |
| das Dickicht | a thicket / jungle | — |
| durchweicht | soggy (wenig benutzt) | — |
| die Dürre | drought | — |
| das Ebenholz | ebony | — |
| das Elfenbein | ivory | — |
| die Emission | emission | — |
| die Emissionen | emissions | — |
| ergiebig | productive / economical / fertile | — |
| erneuerbar | renewable (energy) | — |
| die Färbung | coloring / coloration / tint / hue | — |
| der Fellwechsel | a change of fur / shedding | — |
| der Fischadler | osprey | — |
| fortpflanzen | to propogate / reproduce | — |
| die Fruchtbarkeit | fertility / fruitfulness | — |
| die Futtersuche | foraging | — |
| die Galaxis | a galaxy | — |
| das Geäst | branches | — |
| das Gestrüpp | scrub / undergrowth / brushwood | — |
| gewölbt | arched / curved / domed | — |
| der Glibber | slime | — |
| glucken | to cluck | — |
| die Glut | ember / glow | — |
| grasen | to graze | — |
| das Grat | ridge / hip | — |
| das Gürteltier | armadillo | — |
| das Hagelkorn | a hailstone | — |
| der Halbkugel | a hemisphere (wenig benutzt) | — |
| die Hemisphäre | a hemisphere | — |
| die Heugabel | a pitchfork | — |
| die Himmelskarte | a sky map | — |
| der Hohlraum | a cavity / hollow space | — |
| die Hülse | a pod / husk / shell / case | — |
| der Hundewetter | bad weather | — |
| der Kalmar | squid | — |
| die Kaskade | cascade / waterfall / acrobatic leap | — |
| der Klimawandel | climate change | — |
| die Klippe | cliff / rock / obstacle | — |
| knorrig | gnarled / knotty | — |
| der Kohlendioxid | carbon dioxide | — |
| der Kohlenstoff | carbon | — |
| das Kohlenstoffdioxid | carbon dioxide | — |
| die Kojote | a coyote | — |
| die Kondensstreifen | contrails | — |
| die Korallenbleiche | coral bleaching | — |
| der Kormoran | cormorant | — |
| der Krater | a crater | — |
| der Längengrad | longitude | — |
| das Lauffeuer | wildfire | — |
| das Lichtjahr | light year | — |
| der Luftdruck | air pressure | — |
| die Luftverschmutzung | air pollution | — |
| der Meeresgrund | seabed / sea floor | — |
| der Meerespegel | sea level | — |
| die Meute | a pack of hounds / mob | — |
| die Miesmuschel | a mussel | — |
| das Mikroplastik | microplastic | — |
| die Milbe | a mite | — |
| der Morast | morass / quagmire | — |
| morastig | swampy / marshy / miry | — |
| morsch | rotten / decayed / brittle | — |
| die Mündung | mouth / estuary (by rivers) | — |
| mutieren | to mutate | — |
| nachtaktiv | nocturnal | — |
| der Naturschutz | nature conservation | — |
| der Nebenfluss | tributary / feed river | — |
| die Nixe | a mermaid / water nymph | — |
| der Ochsenfrosch | a bullfrog | — |
| das Ökosystem | ecosystem | — |
| die Ozeanversauerung | ocean acidification | — |
| die Paarungszeit | mating season | — |
| der Parasit | a parasite | — |
| die Pest | a pest / plague / pestilence | — |
| das Phänomen | phenomenon | — |
| die Photosynthese | photosynthesis | — |
| quellen | to swell / spring / pour / ooze | — |
| das Rebhuhn | a partridge | — |
| Regenerativ | renewable/regenerative | — |
| die Rennmaus | gerbil | — |
| die Ressource | resource | — |
| rieseln | to trickle / drizzle | — |
| der Riesentintenfisch | giant squid | — |
| der Rochen | ray / stingray | — |
| die Rückgangsrate | decline rate | — |
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