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 Verfügung | decree / enactment / disposal |
| verführen | to seduce / lead astray |
| verführerisch | seductive / tempting / alluring |
| die Verführung | seduction / temptation |
| die Vergebung | forgiveness |
| vergewaltigen | to rape / violate |
| die Vergewaltigung | rape |
| vergleichsweise | comparatively |
| vergnüglich | enjoyable / pleasurable / amusing |
| die Vergünstigung | perk / privilege |
| die Verhaftung | arrest |
| die Verhandlung | negotiation |
| verharmlosen | to play down |
| verheerend | devastating / disastrous |
| verheimlichen | to keep secret / hide |
| das Verhör | interrogation/questioning |
| verhören | to interrogate / question / examine |
| verhungern | to starve |
| die Verifikation | verification / confirmation by evidence |
| verifizieren | to verify |
| die Verjährung | statute of limitations |
| verjungen | to rejuvinate |
| verjüngen | to rejuvinate / make look younger |
| der Verkäufer, – | salesperson |
| der Verkaufsschlager | best seller / big seller |
| verklagen | to sue |
| verklemmt | uptight / inhibited |
| verkneifen | to bite back / resist |
| verknüpfen | to link / associate / connect |
| verkorksen | to make a mess of / upset / ruin |
| verkörpern | to embody / epitomize |
| verkuppeln | to pair off / do matchmaking |
| das Verlangen | a desire / demand / longing |
| verlegen Verb | to move / transfer / misplace |
| die Verlegenheit | embarrassment / awkwardness |
| der Verleger | publisher |
| verlernen | to unlearn / forget |
| die Verlockung | allure / enticement / lure |
| die Verlustquote | loss rate |
| vermeidbar | preventable / avoidable |
| die Verminderung | dimunition / abatement / reduction |
| die Vernachlässigung | neglect / dereliction |
| vernarrt | smitten / infatuated |
| verneinen | to answer in the negative / deny / negate |
| vernetzen | to network / link up |
| die Vernetzung | networking |
| vernichtend | crushing / scathing / damning |
| die Vernunft | reason / good sense |
| veröffentlichen | to publish |
| die Veröffentlichung | publication |
| die Verpackung | packaging / wrapper / packing |
| die Verpflegung | catering / rations / provisions |
| verpflichten | to commit / obligate |
| die Verpflichtung | obligation / engagement / commitment |
| verpönt | frowned-upon |
| die Verrenkung | contortion / dislocation |
| der Vers | verse/line of poetry |
| der Versager | a failure / deadbeat / flop |
| versäumen | to miss / fail / lose (wenig benutzt) |
| verschärfen | to tighten / exacerbate / toughen |
| die Verschiebung | shift / displacement / moving |
| verschiffen | to ship / transport |
| verschleiern | to disguise / veil |
| der Verschleiß | wear and tear |
| verschlüsseln | to encrypt |
| die Verschlüsselung | encryption |
| verschmelzen | to merge / fuse |
| verschmitzt | mischievous / sly |
| die Verschmutzung | pollution |
| verschollen | missing / lost without a trace / forgotten |
| verschonen | to spare / exempt |
| verschroben | cranky |
| verschrotten | to scrap / discard |
| die Verschuldung | indebtedness |
| verschwenderisch | wasteful |
| verschwiegen | closed-mouthed / secretive |
| die Verschwörung | conspiracy |
| versiegeln | to seal (up) |
| versiert | versed / experience / practiced |
| versöhnlich | conciliatory / forgiving / placating |
| der Versorger | provider / breadwinner |
| verspannen | to tense up / brace |
| verspeisen | to consume / eat |
| verspüren | to be conscious of |
| verstauen | to stow away / load / pile |
| versteinert | petrified / fossilized |
| die Verstopfung | constipation / blockage / obstruction |
| der Verstoß | violation / breach / infringement |
| verstricken | to entangle / ensnare |
| vertagen | to adjourn / defer / postpone |
| das Verteidigungsministerium | ministry of defense |
| die Verteilung | a distribution |
| verteufeln | to demonize |
| die Vertragsverletzung | breach of contract |
| der Vertriebene | displaced person |
| verübeln | to resent |
| verüben | to commit / perpetrate |
| verunsichern | to unsettle / make uncertain |
| die Verunsicherung | uncertainty |
| verurteilen | to sentence / to condemn |
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