German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
1,203 B2 words in “Society & Abstract”.
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.
All topicsSociety & Abstract 1203Work & Education 285Feelings & Character 274Communication & Media 198Everyday Actions 157Nature & Weather 144Body & Health 129Money & Shopping 92Leisure & Sport 85Travel & Transport 54Family & People 52City & Places 48Home & Household 47Food & Drink 29Time & Dates 24Clothing 23
1,203 B2 words in “Society & Abstract”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| lose German | loose / free / slack |
| die Lösung, -en | solution |
| die Loyalität | loyalty |
| der Luftangriff | an air strike |
| die Lupe | magnifying glass |
| die Machart | a style / design / make |
| das Mädchen, – | girl |
| die Made | a grub / maggot |
| der Mähdrescher | a combine harvester |
| die Mahnwache | a vigil |
| der Mais | corn |
| das Mandat | mandate / term of office |
| mängeln | to lack / mangle |
| der Marienkäfer | ladybug |
| die Maschine, -n | machine |
| das Maschinengewehr | a machine gun |
| der Maßstab | benchmark / scale / standard |
| der Maulkorb | a muzzle |
| der Maulwürf | mole |
| der Maurer | a bricklayer / mason |
| die Meinungsfreiheit | freedom of speech (wenig benutzt) |
| meist- | most |
| die Meisterschaft | championship / mastery |
| der Mensch, -en | people |
| menschengemacht | man-made |
| die Menschentraube | a crowd of people |
| das Messing | brass |
| die Milde | mildness / gentleness / blandness / mellowness |
| die Mindestanforderung | a minimum requirement |
| der Minister | minister |
| der Missbrauch | abuse |
| mit X ausgerüstet | equipped with X |
| der Mitmensch | fellow man / neighbor |
| das Mittelmeer | the Mediterranean Sea |
| die Mittelschicht | the middle class |
| der Mitternacht | midnight |
| die Monarchie | monarchy |
| der Mönch | a monk / friar |
| der Monotheismus | monotheism |
| die Moral | morality/moral principles |
| moralisch | moral |
| der Mord | murder |
| mörderisch | murderous / homicidal |
| die Moschee | mosque |
| die Motte | a moth |
| der Mülleimerdeckel | garbage can lid |
| das Muster | pattern / sample / design |
| die Mutter, -ü | mother |
| nachhaltig | sustainable |
| die Nachhaltigkeit | sustainability |
| der Nachmittag,-e | afternoon |
| nachst | next |
| die Nächstenliebe | charity |
| die Nacht,¨-e | night |
| die Nachtigall | a nightingale |
| das Nachtisch | dessert / sweets |
| nachweisbar | verifiable / detectable / provable |
| die Nachwirkung | aftermath / after effect |
| die Nacktschnecke | a slug |
| der Nahostkonflikt | Middle East Conflict |
| nahtlos | seamless / smooth |
| der Name, -n | name |
| der Narr | fool / jester |
| die Nebeneinander | a juxtaposition |
| die Neuerung | innovation / reform |
| die Neugierde | curiosity / inquisitiveness |
| der Niedergang | decline |
| die Niederlage | defeat |
| der Niederschlag | precipitation / rain |
| niemals / nie | never |
| der Nil | the Nile river |
| das Nilpferd | hippo |
| die Norm | norm |
| notdürftig | makeshift |
| die Nuance | nuance / shade |
| nuklear | nuclear |
| die Nummer, -n | number |
| die Nüss | nut |
| das Oberhaupt | head / leader / chief |
| der Oberst | a colonel / group captain |
| die Obhut | care / custody / keeping |
| der Obstgarten | an orchard |
| der Ochse | an ox |
| oder besser noch ______ | or, better yet ______ |
| der Ofen | oven / furnace |
| der öffentlichen Dienst | public / civil service |
| die Ohnmacht | impotence / powerlessness / faint / swoon |
| die Oma, -s | grandmother |
| der Opa, -s | grandfather |
| die Opposition | opposition |
| die Orgel | organ |
| der Ort, -e | location / place |
| der Ostsee | the Baltic Sea |
| Over there | Da drüben |
| palästinensisch | palestinian |
| der Panzer | armor / tank / shell / shield |
| das Panzerglas | tempered glass / bulletproof glass |
| der Papagei | parrot |
| der Papierkram | paperwork (wenig benutzt) |
| der Papst | pope |
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machine · engine · device
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