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 Einheit | unity |
| der Einkäufermarkt | a buyers market |
| einkehren | to stop off / make a stop |
| der Einklang | harmony / unison / consonance |
| einknicken | to get bent / crease / buckle |
| einleuchtend | plausible |
| die Einnahmen | income / revenue / receipts |
| die Einordnung | classification (wenig benuntzt) |
| die Einsamkeit | loneliness / solitude |
| einschärfen | to inculcate = instill with persistent instruction |
| einschleusen | to smuggle in / infiltrate |
| einschneidend | incisive / drastic intelligently analytical and clear-thinking |
| die Einschüchterung | intimidation |
| einstellbar / verstellbar | adjustable |
| einstimmen | to tune in |
| der Eintrag | an entry |
| der Einwanderer | immigrant |
| die Einwanderung | immigration |
| einweihen | to officially open / inaugurate |
| das Einzelkind | the only child |
| der Eisenkuppel | iron dome |
| die Eisenwaren | hardware |
| der Ekel | disgust |
| die Ekstase | ecstasy |
| der Elan | vigor / pep / panache |
| die Eleganz | elegance |
| elementar | elementary / rudimentary |
| elend | miserable |
| das Elfenbein | ivory |
| die Elster | a magpie |
| die Emaille | enamel |
| die Emission | emission |
| die Emissionen | emissions |
| das Emissionszertifikat | emission permit/credit |
| die Empathie | empathy |
| der Empfänger, – | recipient |
| die Empfindlichkeit | sensitivity |
| empörend | outrageous / scandalous |
| die Empörung | indignation / outrage / revolt / disgust |
| endlich adj | finite |
| die Energiewende | energy transition |
| der Engel | angel |
| der Engpass | bottleneck / narrow pass |
| engstirnig | narrowminded |
| das Ensemble | ensemble |
| die Entdeckung | discovery / detection |
| entfallen | to escape / slip mind / be inapplicable |
| entführen | to kidnap / abduct |
| entgehen | to escape / miss / avoid / elude |
| entgleisen | to derail / go off the rails |
| die Enthüllung | an unveiling / revealing / disclosure |
| entlarven | to unmask |
| die Entlastung | relief / alleviation |
| entlocken | to elicit / extract / coax out of |
| die Entrüstung | indignation / outrage / anger |
| die Entspannung | relaxation / easing |
| die Entstehung | emergence / formation / origin / genesis / birth |
| enttarnen | to blow someone's cover / unmask |
| entwirren | to unravel / untangle / unscramble |
| entwöhnen | to wean (off) / break a habit / disaccustom |
| die Entwöhnung | withdrawal / breaking habit |
| der Entwurf | draft/sketch |
| die Epoche | epoch / period |
| erbärmlich | pitiful / wretched |
| erbarmungslos | pitiless / merciless |
| das Erbe | heritage / inheritance |
| erblich | hereditary |
| die Erbse | pea |
| die Erbsünde | original sin |
| die Erdbeere | strawberry |
| erdrücken | to crush / overwhelm |
| der Eremit | hermit |
| erfinderisch | inventive |
| erfolgen | to occur / take place / follows |
| erforschen | research/explore |
| erfroren | frostbitten / frozen to death |
| ergattern | to get ahold of |
| das Ergebnis, -se | result |
| ergiebig | productive / economical / fertile |
| ergreifend | poignant (moving / touching) |
| erheblich | considerable / vastly |
| erhoben | raised / upraised |
| die Erkenntnis | insight/finding |
| der Erker | a bay window |
| erlangen | to gain / attain |
| erleiden | to endure / incur / sustain / suffer |
| die Erleuchtung | enlightenment / inspiration |
| der Erlös | proceeds |
| erlöschen | to go out / expire / be extinguished |
| die Erlösung | redemption / salvation |
| ermahnen | to admonish / warn / urge |
| das Ermessen | discretion/discretionary power |
| ermitteln | to investigate |
| der Ermittler | investigator |
| die Ermittlung | investigation |
| die Ermordung | assassination / murder |
| erneuerbar | renewable (energy) |
| die Erniedrigung | humiliation / degradation / abasement |
| die Ernsthaftigkeit | seriousness / sincerity / earnestness |
| ernüchtern | to sober (up) / bring down to earth |
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