German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
29 B2 words in “Food & Drink”.
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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29 B2 words in “Food & Drink”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| die Ambiente | ambience |
| die Ballaststoffe | dietary fiber |
| das Dörrfleisch | jerky |
| durchsieben | to sift through / sieve |
| fangfrisch | freshly-caught |
| das Festmahl | feast / banquet |
| der Flachmann | a hip flask |
| die Flunder | flounder |
| hinunterschlingen | to gulp down / gobble down |
| die Hülsenfrucht | a legume |
| die Hummerscheren | lobster claws |
| der Kreuzkümmel | cumin |
| die Kutteln | tripe |
| die Languste | crawfish |
| mästen | to fatten / plump up |
| die Melasse | molasses |
| die Monokultur | monoculture |
| die Pestizidbelastung | pesticide contamination |
| portionieren | to portion |
| Promille | per-thousand / alcohol level |
| der Proviant | provisions / supplies |
| der Schmaus | a feast / nosh |
| teigig | doughy |
| die Terrine | terrine / weird loaf thing |
| tränken | to soak / saturate / drench |
| ungenießbar | inedible / unpalatable |
| verspeisen | to consume / eat |
| verzehren | to consume |
| vollreif | fully ripe |
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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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