German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
144 B2 words in “Nature & Weather”.
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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144 B2 words in “Nature & Weather”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| der Abgrund | abyss / precipice / chasm |
| abholzen | to cut down / lumber |
| aufbäumen | to rear up (like a horse) |
| ausbrüten | to hatch / incubate |
| aussterben | to die out / become extinct |
| das Beben | quake / quiver / tremor / shaking |
| bedroht | threatened/endangered |
| die Bewässerung | irrigation |
| der Bimsstein | a pumice / pumice stone = a porous (having small holes) igneous rock (which solidified from lava) that forms during volcanic eruptions when gas bubbles are trapped in the rock as magma rapidly cools and solidifies |
| die Biodiversität | biodiversity |
| die Biomasse | biomass |
| die Bodenerosion | soil erosion |
| die Böschung | an embankment |
| brodeln | to bubble / boil / seethe |
| der CO₂-Ausstoß | CO2 emissions |
| die Degradation | degradation |
| die Desertifikation | desertification |
| das Dickicht | a thicket / jungle |
| durchweicht | soggy (wenig benutzt) |
| die Dürre | drought |
| das Ebenholz | ebony |
| das Elfenbein | ivory |
| die Emission | emission |
| die Emissionen | emissions |
| ergiebig | productive / economical / fertile |
| erneuerbar | renewable (energy) |
| die Färbung | coloring / coloration / tint / hue |
| der Fellwechsel | a change of fur / shedding |
| der Fischadler | osprey |
| fortpflanzen | to propogate / reproduce |
| die Fruchtbarkeit | fertility / fruitfulness |
| die Futtersuche | foraging |
| die Galaxis | a galaxy |
| das Geäst | branches |
| das Gestrüpp | scrub / undergrowth / brushwood |
| gewölbt | arched / curved / domed |
| der Glibber | slime |
| glucken | to cluck |
| die Glut | ember / glow |
| grasen | to graze |
| das Grat | ridge / hip |
| das Gürteltier | armadillo |
| das Hagelkorn | a hailstone |
| der Halbkugel | a hemisphere (wenig benutzt) |
| die Hemisphäre | a hemisphere |
| die Heugabel | a pitchfork |
| die Himmelskarte | a sky map |
| der Hohlraum | a cavity / hollow space |
| die Hülse | a pod / husk / shell / case |
| der Hundewetter | bad weather |
| der Kalmar | squid |
| die Kaskade | cascade / waterfall / acrobatic leap |
| der Klimawandel | climate change |
| die Klippe | cliff / rock / obstacle |
| knorrig | gnarled / knotty |
| der Kohlendioxid | carbon dioxide |
| der Kohlenstoff | carbon |
| das Kohlenstoffdioxid | carbon dioxide |
| die Kojote | a coyote |
| die Kondensstreifen | contrails |
| die Korallenbleiche | coral bleaching |
| der Kormoran | cormorant |
| der Krater | a crater |
| der Längengrad | longitude |
| das Lauffeuer | wildfire |
| das Lichtjahr | light year |
| der Luftdruck | air pressure |
| die Luftverschmutzung | air pollution |
| der Meeresgrund | seabed / sea floor |
| der Meerespegel | sea level |
| die Meute | a pack of hounds / mob |
| die Miesmuschel | a mussel |
| das Mikroplastik | microplastic |
| die Milbe | a mite |
| der Morast | morass / quagmire |
| morastig | swampy / marshy / miry |
| morsch | rotten / decayed / brittle |
| die Mündung | mouth / estuary (by rivers) |
| mutieren | to mutate |
| nachtaktiv | nocturnal |
| der Naturschutz | nature conservation |
| der Nebenfluss | tributary / feed river |
| die Nixe | a mermaid / water nymph |
| der Ochsenfrosch | a bullfrog |
| das Ökosystem | ecosystem |
| die Ozeanversauerung | ocean acidification |
| die Paarungszeit | mating season |
| der Parasit | a parasite |
| die Pest | a pest / plague / pestilence |
| das Phänomen | phenomenon |
| die Photosynthese | photosynthesis |
| quellen | to swell / spring / pour / ooze |
| das Rebhuhn | a partridge |
| Regenerativ | renewable/regenerative |
| die Rennmaus | gerbil |
| die Ressource | resource |
| rieseln | to trickle / drizzle |
| der Riesentintenfisch | giant squid |
| der Rochen | ray / stingray |
| die Rückgangsrate | decline rate |
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