German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
Less common, more abstract vocabulary for news, essays and complex topics. · 2,844 words.
2,844 B2 words
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| die Toleranz | tolerance |
| der Tollwut | rabies |
| die Tomate, -n | tomato |
| das Tomatenmark | tomato paste |
| der Ton | tone / clay |
| die Tonhöhe | pitch (music) |
| der Torbogen | archway |
| der Torf | peat / turf |
| die Tötung | killing |
| die Tracht Prügel | a beating / spanking / thrashing |
| träge | sluggish / inert / lazy |
| die Trägheit | inertia |
| die Tragödie | tragedy |
| trällern | to warble / trill |
| tränen | to weep / water |
| tränken | to soak / saturate / drench |
| die Transformation | transformation |
| die Trauer | grief / sorrow |
| das Trauma | trauma |
| traumhaft | dreamlike / fantastic / heavenly |
| der Treibhauseffekt | the greenhouse effect |
| das Treibhausgas | greenhouse gas |
| der Treibsand | quicksand |
| der Trend | trend |
| die Treppe, -n | the stairs |
| die Tribüne | gallery/tribune |
| die Trockenheit | drought / aridity |
| die Troddel | tassle / pom-pom |
| das Trommelfell | eardrum |
| das Tröpfchen | droplet |
| tröstlich | comforting / consoling |
| Trumpf im Ärmel | an ace up your sleeve |
| die Trunkenheit | drunkenness / intoxication |
| die Tugend | virtue |
| tummeln | to frolic / romp |
| türmen | to pile up / pile |
| das Turnier | a tournament |
| der Türrahmen | door frame |
| das Tutorium | tutorial / tutoring session |
| die Übelkeit | nausea |
| die Überarbeitung | reworking / revision |
| die Überbevölkerung | overpopulation |
| überdauern | to outlast / survive |
| der Überfall | assault/attack |
| überfordern | to ask too much of / overstrain |
| die Überforderung | excessive demand / overload |
| die Übergangsphase | a transition phase |
| überlasten | to overload / overburden |
| der Überläufer | turncoat (deserter / renegade) |
| überliefern | to hand down / pass down |
| überlisten | to outwit / outsmart |
| überragend | outstanding / preeminent |
| überschaubar | manageable |
| überschreiben | to overwrite |
| die Überschreitung | transgression |
| überschüssig | surplus / waste adjective |
| überstimmen | to outvote / overrule |
| die Überwachung | monitoring / surveillance |
| überwiegend | predominantly |
| der Überzug | a coating / cover |
| üblicherweise | usually / normally / generally |
| ultimative | ultimate |
| umbringen | to murder |
| das Umfeld | surroundings / sphere |
| umgehend | immediate / prompt |
| die Umkehrung | a reversal |
| umkrempeln | to turn inside out |
| die Umlaufbahn | orbit |
| umpflanzen | to transplant |
| der Umschlag | envelope / cover / jacket / wrapper |
| die Umschreibung | paraphrase / description |
| umschulen | to retrain |
| der Umschwung | a reversal / drastic change / about face |
| umsetzbar | actionable |
| die Umsiedlung | relocation |
| umständlich | roundabout / laborious / involved |
| umstritten | controversial / disputed |
| umzäunen | to fence in |
| der Unabhängigkeitskrieg | War of Independence |
| die Unannehmlichkeit | inconvenience / trouble / bother |
| unbeabsichtigt | unintentional / unintended |
| das Unbehagen | disquiet / unease / discomfort |
| unbeholfen | awkward / clumsy / helpless |
| unbekümmert | unconcerned / unworried |
| unberechenbar | unpredictable |
| unberührt | untouched / unaffected / unspoiled / pristine |
| unbeschnitten | uncircumcised |
| unbewiesen | unproved / unverified |
| undurchsichtig | opaque |
| unehelich | bastard / illegitimate |
| die Unentschlossenheit | indecision |
| unerreichbar | unattainable / unobtainable |
| der Ungehorsam | disobedience |
| ungekürzt | unabridged |
| ungenießbar | inedible / unpalatable |
| die Ungleichheit | inequality |
| das Uniklinikum | university hospital |
| der Universitätsabschluss | university degree |
| die Universitätsbibliothek | university library |
| unkenntlich | unrecognizable / undecipherable |
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