German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
Formal, academic and specialized words — the hard-to-find advanced vocabulary. · 2,114 words.
2,114 C1 words
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| der Aasfresser | a scavenger |
| abdanken | to abdicate = renounce one's throne, fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty) |
| das Abdomen | abdomen |
| die Abduktion | abduction / inference to best explanation |
| das Abendland | western world / occident |
| aberwitzig | crazy (wenig benutzt) |
| der Abfangjäger | an interceptor |
| abgelten | to compensate / wipe out |
| abgöttisch | idolatrous |
| abgrundtief | abysmal / fathomless |
| die Abhandlung | a treatise / discourse / pamphlet |
| die Abhängige Variable | dependent variable |
| die Ablagerung | a deposit / deposition (geology) |
| das Ableben | a demise / passing |
| abnötigen | to wring from / force |
| die Abordnung | a secondment = an arrangement where a company temporarily assigns an employee to a new position |
| die Abriegelung | a lockdown |
| der Abschaum | scum |
| abschnüren | to strangulate |
| die Absetzung | a (court) deposition |
| der Absolutismus | absolutism / unrestrained power |
| die Absonderung | separation / isolation / segregation |
| die Abstammung | a lineage / ancestry |
| abstrahieren | to abstract |
| die Abstraktion | abstraction / abstract art |
| die Absurdität | absurdity / logical contradiction |
| die Abtei | an abbey = group of buildings housing a monastery or convent, centred on an abbey church or cathedral, and under the direction of an abbot or abbess |
| die Abtragung | abrasion / erosion |
| der Abtrünnige | renegade / apostate |
| die Abwanderung | out-migration |
| abwetzen | to scuff / wear down |
| der Ackerbau | agriculture / farming (wenig benutzt) |
| adipös | overweight |
| der After | an anus (wenig benutzt) |
| ahnden | to avenge / punish |
| die Ahnenreihe | ancestry |
| ahnungsvoll | foreboding |
| akkreditieren | to accredit |
| die Akkreditierung | accreditation |
| die Akkulturation | acculturation |
| die Akquisition | acquisition |
| akribisch | meticulous |
| das Akrostichon | acrostic |
| akzentuieren | to accentuate (stress) |
| der Alkoven | an alcove |
| die Allegorie | allegory |
| allenthalben | everywhere (wenig benutzt) |
| die Allerheiligstes | Holy of Holies |
| die Alliteration | alliteration |
| der Ältestenrat | a council of elders |
| altklug | precocious(ly) = having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual |
| die Alumütze | a tin-foil hat |
| die Ambiguität | ambiguity |
| der Ameisenigel | an echidna |
| die Aminosäure | amino acid |
| die Amme | nurse / wet nurse / foster-mother |
| das Ammenmärchen | an old wives tale |
| die Amortisation | amortization |
| amtieren | to officiate |
| die Amtsbefugnis | official authority / power of office |
| die Amtssprache | official language |
| der Anachronismus | anachronism |
| die Anamnese | patient history/medical background |
| die Anaphora | anaphora |
| die Anarchie | anarchy |
| der Anbruch | dawn(ing) / beginning |
| das Ancien Régime | Ancien Régime / pre-revolutionary order |
| die Andacht | a prayer / silent worship (wenig benutzt) |
| andächtig | reverent / pious / in prayer |
| anderweitig | otherwise (wenig benutzt) |
| die Aneignung | appropriation / acquirement |
| das Aneurysma | an aneurysm |
| anfachen | to inspire / arouse / fan |
| anfechten | to appeal against / contest / challenge |
| der Anfeuerungsruf | cheer / chant |
| die Angleichung | alignment |
| die Anhörung | (court) hearing |
| anmaßend | presumptuous |
| anmutig | graceful |
| annektieren | to annex |
| die Annektierung | annexation / territorial seizure |
| die Anomalie | anomaly |
| anonymisieren | to anonymize |
| die Anpassungskapazität | adaptive capacity |
| anpeilen | to steer for / eye |
| anprangern | to denounce / pillory |
| das Anrecht | a right / entitlement |
| anreichern | to enrich / fortify |
| ansaugen | to intake / suck in |
| die Anschauung | a view / opinion / idea / notion (wenig benutzt) |
| das Anschauungsmaterial | illustrative material / visual aides |
| ansehnlich | impressive / considerable / handsome |
| die Anspielung | an innuendo / allusion |
| anstacheln | to goad / egg on |
| der Anstellwinkel | angle of attack (aerodynamics) |
| anstiften | to instigate |
| der Anstifter | an instigator / ringleader |
| der Antagonismus | antagonism |
| antagonistisch | antagonistic |
| die Antinomie | antinomy / contradiction between principles |
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