German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
274 B2 words in “Feelings & Character”.
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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274 B2 words in “Feelings & Character”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| der Groll | resentment / grudge / anger |
| großmäulig | loud-mouthed |
| grotesk | grotesque |
| die Grübelei | brooding |
| grummeln | to grumble |
| die Gründlichkeit | thoroughness |
| der Gruppendruck | peer pressure |
| die Hänselei | teasing |
| hartnäckig | persistent / stubborn / insistent / obstinate |
| die Hassliebe | love-hate relationship |
| heikel | delicate / tricky / difficult |
| heldenhaft | heroic / valiant |
| die Hemmung | inhibition / restraint |
| hemmungslos | uninhibited / unrestrained |
| herablassend | condescending / patronizing |
| hibbelig | jittery |
| hirnrissig | harebrained / crazed |
| hochnäsig | snooty / uppish |
| höllisch | hellish / infernal / fiendish |
| die Identifikation | identification |
| die Identität | identity |
| die Identitätskrise | identity crisis |
| imponieren | to impress |
| die Impression | impression / effect |
| die Intuition | intuition / direct knowing |
| jäh | sudden / abrupt / precipitous / sheer |
| der Jammer | misery / pity / wailing / lamentation |
| katzengleich | cat-like / feline |
| kitschig | kitschy / cheesy / corny |
| kläglich | pitiful / miserable |
| kleinlich | petty / small / stingy |
| klobig | chunky / bulky / massive |
| knallhart | badass / tough |
| kokett | flirty / coquettish |
| die Kränkung | an offense / injury / insult |
| labil | unstable / weak / delicate (wenig benutzt) |
| langersehnt | long-awaited |
| das Liebesspiel | lovemaking |
| die List | cunning / ruse / trick |
| lustlos | sluggish / dull / unenthusiastic |
| machtlos | powerless |
| meisterhaft | masterful / masterly |
| das Mitleid | compassion/pity |
| monströse | monsterous |
| die Müdigkeit | tiredness |
| mürrisch | grumpy / sullen |
| die Nachsicht | a leniency / indulgence |
| närrisch | foolish / mad / silly |
| nieder | low / lowly / minor |
| die Nörgelei | nagging / grumbling |
| die Nostalgie | nostalgia |
| die Notlüge | a white lie |
| ominös | ominous |
| peinigen | to torment / torture |
| piesacken | to tease / bully / torment |
| pingelig | picky / fussy / finnicky |
| prächtig | splendid / glorious |
| prahlerisch | boastful / bragging |
| prall | plump / bulging |
| protzen | to show off / flaunt |
| protzig | pretentious / ostentatious |
| provokant | provocative |
| der Rabauke | a bruiser / bully / hooligan |
| rasant | racy / meteoric / fast / rapid |
| die Raserei | a frenzy / rage |
| die Ratlosigkeit | cluelessness / perplexity / helplessness |
| rätselhaft | puzzling / enigmatic |
| die Reife | maturity |
| die Resignation | resignation / giving up |
| die Reue | repentance / remorse / regret |
| der Rohling | a brute / blank |
| der Säufer | a drunkard / drinker |
| die Scham | shame / embarrassment |
| die Schande | disgrace / shame / dishonor |
| der Schicksalsschlag | a stroke of fate / misfortune / calamity |
| schlaff | limp / slack |
| schlagfertig | quick-witted |
| das Schlitzohr | a sly fox |
| schmeichlerisch | flattering |
| schonungslos | unsparing / relentless |
| schwelgen | to indulge oneself |
| seelenruhig | cool as a cucumber / calmly |
| sehnsüchtig | longingly / yearning |
| das Selbstgefühl | self-esteem |
| selbstkritisch | self-critical |
| das Selbstmitleid | self-pity |
| selig | blissful / overjoyed / blessed |
| solide | solid / sound / strong |
| souverän | sovereign |
| spitzfindig | nitpicky / petty / pedantic |
| spöttisch | mocking / ridiculing |
| stinksauer | pissed off |
| stocknüchtern | stone-cold sober |
| strapaziös | exhausting / wearing |
| streben | to strive / aspire |
| stümperhaft | botched / bungled |
| der Suff | drunkenness |
| die Sünde | sin |
| sündhaft | sinful |
| tadelnd | rebukingly |
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