German B2 — Upper-Intermediate Vocabulary
285 B2 words in “Work & Education”.
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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285 B2 words in “Work & Education”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| die Abfrage | query |
| der Abruf | retrieval |
| die Abschlussarbeit | thesis / final project |
| absichern | to hedge / secure |
| die Absolventin | graduate (female) |
| die Akte | file / case record / dossier |
| die Aktiengesellschaft | a publicly traded company / corporation |
| der Algorithmus | algorithm |
| das Ammoniak | ammonia |
| amtlich | official adj |
| die Analyse | analysis |
| der Ansager | announcer |
| der Ansatzpunkt | starting point |
| der Antragsteller | an applicant |
| der Anwalt | lawyer / attorney |
| die Arbeitskraft | labor force / workforce |
| der Arbeitsmarkt | labor market |
| arbeitsunfähig | non-viable / unable to work / disabled |
| der Archäologe | archaeologist |
| die Archäologie | archaeology |
| die Architektur | architecture / structure |
| das Archiv | archive |
| die Auflage | an edition |
| die Auflistung | listing / list |
| ausbauen | to expand / develop / remove |
| die Ausbeutung | exploitation / depletion |
| ausmustern | to retire / take out of service |
| die Ausschussarbeit | committee work |
| der Ausstoß | emission / discharge / output |
| das Auswärtigen Amt | Foreign Office / Department of State |
| die Auswertung | evaluation |
| die Automatisierung | automation |
| autorisieren | to authorize |
| das Backend | backend |
| die Baugruppe | building unit |
| der Bauplan | building plan |
| beauftragen | to instruct / commission |
| belegen | to register for / to take (course) |
| die Belegschaft | workforce / staff |
| die Belegung | course registration / enrollment |
| benutzerfreundlich | user-friendly |
| berufen | to appoint / summon / assign |
| bescheinigen | to confirm in writing |
| der Beton | concrete |
| bewältigen | to overcome / manage / cope with |
| der Bildhauer | sculptor |
| brennbar | flammable |
| bündeln | to bundle / focus / concentrate |
| der Chefredakteur | editor-in-chief |
| das Chlor | chlorine |
| die Cybersicherheit | cybersecurity |
| der Dachdecker | roofer |
| die Datenbank | database |
| der Datensatz | dataset |
| der Datenschutz | data protection |
| das Datenset | dataset |
| debütieren | to debut |
| das Dekanat | dean's office |
| deuten | to interpret/indicate |
| die Dichte | density / thickness |
| der Dozent | lecturer/instructor |
| der Drogenhandel | drug trafficking |
| drosseln | to throttle / reduce / choke |
| der Effekt | effect/impact |
| effizient | efficient |
| der Einband | a cover / book cover |
| der Einblick | insight |
| einfallen lassen | to come up with / dream up |
| einweihen | to officially open / inaugurate |
| elementar | elementary / rudimentary |
| die Energiewende | energy transition |
| der Entwurf | draft/sketch |
| erforschen | research/explore |
| die Erkenntnis | insight/finding |
| ermitteln | to investigate |
| die Ermittlung | investigation |
| die Erprobung | testing |
| der Eselsbrücke | mnemonic |
| das Essay | essay |
| etabliert | established |
| die Evaluierung | evaluation |
| die Exmatrikulation | de-enrollment from university |
| exmatrikulieren | to de-enroll from university |
| das Experiment | experiment |
| der Fachbereich | department/subject area |
| die Fachkraft | skilled worker |
| die Fachschaft | student representative body / student union of a discipline |
| der Fallschirmjäger | paratroopers |
| die Fallstudie | a case study |
| fernsteuern | remote control |
| die Fertigstellung | completion |
| der Finanzberater | a financial advisor |
| der Forscher | researcher |
| das Forschungsgebiet | field of research |
| das Frontend | frontend |
| die Gehaltsvorstellung | salary expectations |
| der Gelehrter | scholar |
| die Genauigkeit | accuracy / precision |
| der Gerichtsfall | a court case |
| das Gerüst | scaffolding |
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machine · engine · device
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