German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
129 B2 words in “Body & Health”.
Work in progress. The B2 list is curated and still growing — new words are added regularly. Because B2 and C1 have no official fixed word list, levels here are graded automatically, so a word can occasionally sit a level either way.
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129 B2 words in “Body & Health”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| das Schulterblatt | a shoulder blade / scapula |
| die Seele | soul |
| die Sehne | tendon / chord |
| Sehschwäche | poor eyesight |
| stämmig | stocky / burly |
| der Stoffwechsel | metabolism |
| der Teint | complexion |
| die Tötung | killing |
| tränen | to weep / water |
| das Trauma | trauma |
| das Trommelfell | eardrum |
| die Übelkeit | nausea |
| unbeschnitten | uncircumcised |
| das Uniklinikum | university hospital |
| unschädlich | harmless / safe |
| untersetzt | thickset / stout |
| unverträglich | incompatible / intolerable / undigestable |
| verabreichen | to give / administer |
| verhungern | to starve |
| verjungen | to rejuvinate |
| verjüngen | to rejuvinate / make look younger |
| die Verrenkung | contortion / dislocation |
| verspannen | to tense up / brace |
| die Verstopfung | constipation / blockage / obstruction |
| verwachsen | malformed / overgrown / deformed |
| vorbeugen | to guard against / prevent |
| die Weltgesundheitsorganisation | the World Health Organization (WHO) |
| das Wohlergehen | well-being / welfare |
| der Wuschelkopf | a mop of curly hair / fuzzy head |
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und sie haben es in dieser Maschine gezüchtet
and they grew it inside this machine
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machine · in context
noun
machine · engine · device
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