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 |
|---|---|
| bloßstellen | to expose / show up / unmask |
| die Blume, -n | flower |
| das Blutgefäß | blood vessel |
| bobben | to bob (up and down) |
| die Bodenerosion | soil erosion |
| bodenständig | down to earth |
| die Bodenversiegelung | soil sealing/impermeabilization |
| der Bogenschütze | an archer |
| der Bohrinsel | drilling rig |
| der Bolzen | a bolt / pin |
| der Bordell | a brothel |
| die Börse | the stock exchange |
| der Börsenkurs | stock price |
| bösartig | vicious / malicious / nasty |
| die Böschung | an embankment |
| der Brauch | custom / tradition |
| brennbar | flammable |
| brenzlig | hot / precarious |
| der Brief, -e | letter (sent via post) |
| die Briefmarke, -n | (postage) stamp |
| die Brise | breeze |
| brodeln | to bubble / boil / seethe |
| das Brot, -e | bread |
| das Brötchen, – | bread roll |
| der Bruch | a break / fraction / fracture |
| brüchig | brittle / fragile / broken / cracked |
| der Bruder, -ü | brother |
| das Brummen | hum / buzz / whir |
| der Brustkrebs | breast cancer |
| die Brutalität | brutality |
| das Buch, -ü, er | book |
| die Bücherei | library |
| der Buchstabe, -n | letter (character) |
| der Buchstabensalat | a word search |
| der Buckel | humpback / hump / hunch / bulge |
| bucklig | hunchbacked |
| der Buddhismus | Buddhism |
| das Budget | budget |
| das Bügeleisen | an iron |
| bullig | beefy / brawny |
| bündeln | to bundle / focus / concentrate |
| der Bundesrat | Federal Council |
| der Bundestag | Federal Parliament |
| das Bündnis | alliance / coalition |
| die Bürgerrechte | civil rights |
| der Bürgersteig | pavement / footpath / sidewalk |
| die Bürokratie | bureaucracy |
| der Bus, -se | bus |
| die Buße | repentance / penitence |
| das Café, -s | cafe |
| der Cashflow | cash flow |
| das Chamäleon | a chameleon |
| der Charakter | character |
| der Chefredakteur | editor-in-chief |
| das Chlor | chlorine |
| der Chor | choir/chorus |
| die Choreographie | choreography |
| die Chronik | chronicle |
| circa/ca. | approximately |
| die Cloud | cloud (computing) |
| der CO₂-Ausstoß | CO2 emissions |
| die Coda | coda |
| der Computer, – | computer |
| die Cybersicherheit | cybersecurity |
| der Dachdecker | roofer |
| der Dachs | a badger |
| der Dachziegel | roof tile |
| die Dame, -n | lady |
| das Darlehen | loan |
| darunter auch | including |
| der Datenabgleich | data verification / data reconciliation |
| die Datenbank | database |
| der Datensatz | dataset |
| der Datenschutz | data protection |
| das Datenset | dataset |
| der Datenverkehr | data traffic |
| der Dativ | dative case |
| die Dauerschleife | a continuous loop |
| die Debatte | debate |
| debütieren | to debut |
| der Deckel | lid / cover |
| die Deduktion | deduction / reasoning from general |
| die Degeneration | degeneration |
| die Degradation | degradation |
| dehnbar | elastic / stretchy |
| die Déjà-vu-Erfahrung | déjà vu experience |
| das Dekanat | dean's office |
| die Demütigung | indignity / humiliation |
| der Denkanstoß | food for thought |
| die Deportation | deportation / forced expulsion |
| der/die Bekannte, -n | acquaintance |
| die Desertifikation | desertification |
| der Detektor | a detector |
| deuten | to interpret/indicate |
| die Diagnose | diagnosis |
| diagnostizieren | to diagnose |
| die Dichte | density / thickness |
| die Dichtung | poetry/literature |
| dick German | thick / fat / large / heavy |
| der Dickdarm | the colon (large intestine) |
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2,844 words, each with its English translation, the article (der/die/das) and an example sentence.
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