German B2 Work & Education Vocabulary List
This is the complete German Work & Education vocabulary at B2 level — 285 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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285 B2 · Work & Education words
| German word | English meaning | Heard in |
|---|---|---|
| die Abfrage | query | — |
| der Abruf | retrieval | — |
| die Abschlussarbeit | thesis / final project | — |
| absichern | to hedge / secure | — |
| die Absolventin | graduate (female) | — |
| die Akte | file / case record / dossier | — |
| die Aktiengesellschaft | a publicly traded company / corporation | — |
| der Algorithmus | algorithm | — |
| das Ammoniak | ammonia | — |
| amtlich | official adj | — |
| die Analyse | analysis | — |
| der Ansager | announcer | — |
| der Ansatzpunkt | starting point | — |
| der Antragsteller | an applicant | — |
| der Anwalt | lawyer / attorney | — |
| die Arbeitskraft | labor force / workforce | — |
| der Arbeitsmarkt | labor market | — |
| arbeitsunfähig | non-viable / unable to work / disabled | — |
| der Archäologe | archaeologist | — |
| die Archäologie | archaeology | — |
| die Architektur | architecture / structure | — |
| das Archiv | archive | — |
| die Auflage | an edition | — |
| die Auflistung | listing / list | — |
| ausbauen | to expand / develop / remove | — |
| die Ausbeutung | exploitation / depletion | — |
| ausmustern | to retire / take out of service | — |
| die Ausschussarbeit | committee work | — |
| der Ausstoß | emission / discharge / output | — |
| das Auswärtigen Amt | Foreign Office / Department of State | — |
| die Auswertung | evaluation | — |
| die Automatisierung | automation | — |
| autorisieren | to authorize | — |
| das Backend | backend | — |
| die Baugruppe | building unit | — |
| der Bauplan | building plan | — |
| beauftragen | to instruct / commission | — |
| belegen | to register for / to take (course) | — |
| die Belegschaft | workforce / staff | — |
| die Belegung | course registration / enrollment | — |
| benutzerfreundlich | user-friendly | — |
| berufen | to appoint / summon / assign | — |
| bescheinigen | to confirm in writing | — |
| der Beton | concrete | — |
| bewältigen | to overcome / manage / cope with | — |
| der Bildhauer | sculptor | — |
| brennbar | flammable | — |
| bündeln | to bundle / focus / concentrate | — |
| der Chefredakteur | editor-in-chief | — |
| das Chlor | chlorine | — |
| die Cybersicherheit | cybersecurity | — |
| der Dachdecker | roofer | — |
| die Datenbank | database | — |
| der Datensatz | dataset | — |
| der Datenschutz | data protection | — |
| das Datenset | dataset | — |
| debütieren | to debut | — |
| das Dekanat | dean's office | — |
| deuten | to interpret/indicate | — |
| die Dichte | density / thickness | — |
| der Dozent | lecturer/instructor | — |
| der Drogenhandel | drug trafficking | — |
| drosseln | to throttle / reduce / choke | — |
| der Effekt | effect/impact | — |
| effizient | efficient | — |
| der Einband | a cover / book cover | — |
| der Einblick | insight | — |
| einfallen lassen | to come up with / dream up | — |
| einweihen | to officially open / inaugurate | — |
| elementar | elementary / rudimentary | — |
| die Energiewende | energy transition | — |
| der Entwurf | draft/sketch | — |
| erforschen | research/explore | — |
| die Erkenntnis | insight/finding | — |
| ermitteln | to investigate | — |
| die Ermittlung | investigation | — |
| die Erprobung | testing | — |
| der Eselsbrücke | mnemonic | — |
| das Essay | essay | — |
| etabliert | established | — |
| die Evaluierung | evaluation | — |
| die Exmatrikulation | de-enrollment from university | — |
| exmatrikulieren | to de-enroll from university | — |
| das Experiment | experiment | — |
| der Fachbereich | department/subject area | — |
| die Fachkraft | skilled worker | — |
| die Fachschaft | student representative body / student union of a discipline | — |
| der Fallschirmjäger | paratroopers | — |
| die Fallstudie | a case study | — |
| fernsteuern | remote control | — |
| die Fertigstellung | completion | — |
| der Finanzberater | a financial advisor | — |
| der Forscher | researcher | — |
| das Forschungsgebiet | field of research | — |
| das Frontend | frontend | — |
| die Gehaltsvorstellung | salary expectations | — |
| der Gelehrter | scholar | — |
| die Genauigkeit | accuracy / precision | — |
| der Gerichtsfall | a court case | — |
| das Gerüst | scaffolding | — |
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