German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
48 B2 words in “City & Places”.
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.
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48 B2 words in “City & Places”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| der Anker | anchor/tie |
| ansässig | resident (xyz) (e.g., the resident chef) |
| die Arkade | arcade |
| das Atrium | atrium |
| die Balustrade | balustrade/railing |
| begehbar | walkable |
| die Bodenversiegelung | soil sealing/impermeabilization |
| der Bordell | a brothel |
| der Durchbruch | opening/aperture |
| die Exponate | museum exhibits |
| die Fassade | facade/front |
| fernab | far away |
| der Gazastreifen | the Gaza Strip |
| das Gerichtssaal | courtroom |
| das Gewölbe | vault/arch |
| die Grenzkontrolle | border control |
| der Grenzschutz | border control / border protection |
| der Grundriss | floor plan |
| das Heimatland | homeland / home country |
| die Infrastruktur | infrastructure |
| das Kernland | heartland |
| das Königreich | kingdom |
| das Kreml | the Kremlin |
| die Kunstgalerie | art gallery |
| die Loge | a box / lodge |
| der Luftschutzbunker | an air raid shelter / bomb shelter |
| das Niemandsland | no-man's land |
| der Passant | a passerby |
| der Pfeiler | pillar/pier |
| das Revier | area / territory |
| die Ruine | ruin |
| die Säule | column / pillar |
| der Säulengang | colonnade |
| der Schlupfwinkel | a hiding place / quiet corner / hideout |
| schummrig | dim |
| der Stolperstein | stumbling block |
| das Strohdach | thatched roof |
| die Stütze | pillar/support |
| der Torbogen | archway |
| die Tribüne | gallery/tribune |
| der Unterstand | shelter / shed / refuge / dugout |
| die Wachablösung | a changing of the guard |
| der Wachtturm | watch tower |
| das Waisenhaus | orphanage |
| das Westjordanland | the West Bank |
| der Westmauer | the Western Wall |
| die Ziegelmauer | brick wall |
| die Zinnen | battlements / towers |
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und sie haben es in dieser Maschine gezüchtet
and they grew it inside this machine
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machine · in context
noun
machine · engine · device
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