German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
198 B2 words in “Communication & Media”.
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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198 B2 words in “Communication & Media”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| abfällig | disparaging / derogatory / snide |
| abgesprochen | agreed upon |
| abklären | to clarify / clear up |
| abtun | to brush aside |
| abwertend | pejorative / derogatory pejorative = expressing contempt or disapproval |
| akustisch | acoustic |
| das Alte Testament | Old Testament |
| der Appell | an appeal / plea / rollcall |
| appellieren | to appeal |
| artikulieren | to articulate |
| die Aufmachung | layout / format / style |
| der Aufschluss | information / explanation / breakdown |
| aufschlussreich | revealing / insightful |
| der Aufschrei | outcry |
| aufstacheln | to incite / spur on |
| ausgenommen | apart from / except |
| aushorchen | to sound out |
| auslegen | to be laid out / design / interpret |
| die Ballade | ballad |
| die Bandbreite | bandwidth |
| beäugeln | to oggle |
| befürworten | to endorse / advocate / agree with |
| die Beichte | confession |
| beichten | to confess |
| beiläufig | casual / incidental / passing |
| beipflichten | to chime in with |
| bekanntlich | generally known / as is well known |
| bemängeln | to find fault / decry |
| die Benutzeroberfläche | user interface |
| die Berichterstattung | reporting / coverage |
| die Berichtigung | correction |
| beziehungsweise | respectively / or rather |
| bezüglich | regarding / concerning |
| die Bibel | Bible |
| die Blindenschrift | braille |
| bloßstellen | to expose / show up / unmask |
| die Chronik | chronicle |
| die Cloud | cloud (computing) |
| der Datenabgleich | data verification / data reconciliation |
| der Datenverkehr | data traffic |
| der Dativ | dative case |
| die Debatte | debate |
| der Denkanstoß | food for thought |
| die Dichtung | poetry/literature |
| das Drama | drama/play |
| einflößen | to instill / infuse |
| eingehend | detailed / thorough / exhaustive |
| einschärfen | to inculcate = instill with persistent instruction |
| einstimmen | to tune in |
| die Enthüllung | an unveiling / revealing / disclosure |
| entlarven | to unmask |
| entlocken | to elicit / extract / coax out of |
| enttarnen | to blow someone's cover / unmask |
| ermahnen | to admonish / warn / urge |
| die Erzählung | short story/narrative |
| das Evangelium | gospel |
| die Fabel | fable |
| fachsimpeln | to talk shop |
| die Falschmeldung | false report / fake news |
| fauchen | to hiss |
| das Feature | feature story |
| das Flugblatt | a leaflet |
| die Formulierung | phrasing / wording |
| die Gattung | genre |
| die Gebärdensprache | sign language |
| das Gebet | prayer |
| das Gebetbuch | a prayer book |
| gegebenenfalls | should the situation arise / possibly |
| die Gegenüberstellung | a confrontation / comparison (wenig benutzt) |
| das Gemunkel | rumors / whispering / gossip |
| der Genitiv | genitive case |
| geradeheraus | plainspoken / straight up / forthright |
| das Geschnatter | cackling / jabbering |
| das Geschwafel | ramblings |
| das Geständnis | confession |
| das Getöse | roar / racket / a lot of noise |
| das Gezänk | bickering / quarreling |
| die Glaubwürdigkeit | credibility |
| die Glosse | satirical column / glosse |
| glucksen | to chuckle / gurgle |
| grölen | to bawl / bellow |
| gütlich tun | to make amends |
| die Handlung | plot/action |
| die Hassrede | hate speech |
| die Heilige Schrift | Holy Scripture |
| hochauflösend | high resolution |
| das Idiom | idiom |
| im Arsch | f*cked up |
| im wahrsten Sinn | in the truest sense |
| in der Tat | as a matter of fact / indeed |
| insbesondere | in particular |
| die Ironie | irony |
| irreführen | to mislead |
| das Jiddisch | Yiddish |
| die Kernaussage | the core message |
| die Klärung | clarification / resolving |
| der Knüller | blockbuster / hit / sensation |
| der Kommentar | commentary / critique |
| die Kommentarfunktion | comment function |
| die Komposition | composition |
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machine · engine · device
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