German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
157 B2 words in “Everyday Actions”.
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.
All topicsSociety & Abstract 1203Work & Education 285Feelings & Character 274Communication & Media 198Everyday Actions 157Nature & Weather 144Body & Health 129Money & Shopping 92Leisure & Sport 85Travel & Transport 54Family & People 52City & Places 48Home & Household 47Food & Drink 29Time & Dates 24Clothing 23
157 B2 words in “Everyday Actions”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| schüren | to stoke / foment / fan the flames |
| schürzen | to purse (knot) |
| schwappen | to slosh / slop / splash |
| spachteln | to smooth over / fill in |
| sperrig | bulky |
| spionieren | to spy / snoop around |
| spreizen | to stradle / splay |
| stolzieren | to swagger / strut |
| strotzen | to be full / bursting / teeming |
| tarnen | to camouflage / disguise |
| tätscheln | to pat something |
| taufen | to baptize |
| taugen | to be suitable / useful |
| taumeln | to stagger / reel / lurch / flounder |
| türmen | to pile up / pile |
| überdauern | to outlast / survive |
| überlisten | to outwit / outsmart |
| umkrempeln | to turn inside out |
| die Unannehmlichkeit | inconvenience / trouble / bother |
| unbeabsichtigt | unintentional / unintended |
| untergraben | to undermine |
| unterlassen | to refrain from / omit |
| veranlassen | to prompt / cause / induce |
| die Verbeugung | a bow |
| verbiegen | to bend / twist / warp |
| verdünnen | to dilute / thin out |
| vereiteln | to thwart / frustrate |
| verengen | to narrow / constrict / contract |
| verfälschen | to falsify / tamper with |
| verfärben | to discolor / color |
| verkneifen | to bite back / resist |
| verkorksen | to make a mess of / upset / ruin |
| verlernen | to unlearn / forget |
| versäumen | to miss / fail / lose (wenig benutzt) |
| verschmelzen | to merge / fuse |
| verschonen | to spare / exempt |
| verschrotten | to scrap / discard |
| versiegeln | to seal (up) |
| verstauen | to stow away / load / pile |
| verwahren | to keep safe / shut away |
| verwässern | to water down |
| verweilen | to linger |
| verwischen | to blur / efface efface = 1) erase (a mark) from a surface, 2) make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous. |
| verzerren | to distort / skew |
| vollbringen | to accomplish / achieve |
| vollziehen | to carry out / complete |
| vorantreiben | to advance / drive forward / push along |
| vorenthalten | to withhold / deprive |
| wegfallen | to be omitted / cease to apply / be discontinued |
| weichen | to yield / give way |
| wendig | manoueverable / agile |
| zerbeulen | to dent |
| zerfallen | to decay / disintegrate |
| die Zerlegung | cutting apart / taking apart / stripping down |
| zerren | to tug |
| zerschmettern | to smash / crush / shatter |
| zertrümmern | to smash up / shatter |
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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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